disempower

== English == === Etymology === From dis- + empower. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) === Verb === disempower (third-person singular simple present disempowers, present participle disempowering, simple past and past participle disempowered) To strip power from (someone or some group), as: To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something. 1990, Editors: Tim Brighouse and Bob Moon, Managing the National Curriculum, Harlow: Longman Group UK Ltd, page 97: A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia. Synonyms: dishearten, dispirit, demoralize, demotivate, enervate Antonyms: empower, hearten, inspire, motivate To remove authority or (official) confidence from (someone or some group) to do something (such as administer a state function), as by demoting, disestablishing, or unincorporating a group. Antonyms: empower, establish, install ==== Derived terms ==== disempowerment ==== Related terms ==== deenergize disenergize depower (morphologically similar but (by idiomatic accident) refers semantically only to electrical power, not social power) power down power off