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Meaning of disempower | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
dɪsɪmˈpaʊ(w)ə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. To strip power from (someone or some group), as:
  2. To remove morale or self-confidence from (someone or some group) to do something.
  3. 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.

Examples

“A powerful head can sometimes disempower the teaching staff, and create among them a sort of passivity that is close to inertia.”
“The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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