helplessness

== English == === Etymology === From helpless +‎ -ness. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛlplɪsnɪs/ === Noun === helplessness (usually uncountable, plural helplessnesses) The state of being helpless. Hyponym: learned helplessness Coordinate term: weakness Near-synonyms: powerlessness, impotence A feeling of inadequacy or impotence. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Noah Webster (1828), “helplessness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “helplessness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “impotence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.