different between disempower vs empower

English

Etymology

dis- +? empower

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?m?pa?(w)?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

disempower (third-person singular simple present disempowers, present participle disempowering, simple past and past participle disempowered)

1. To remove confidence from (someone) 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

Antonyms

• empower, inspire

Related terms

• disempowerment

English

Alternative forms

• empowre (archaic)
• impower (archaic)
• impowre (obsolete)

Etymology

em- +? power

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??(?)

• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

empower (third-person singular simple present empowers, present participle empowering, simple past and past participle empowered)

1. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
2. (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.

   John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.

Synonyms

• (give permission to): allow, let, permit
• (give confidence to): inspire

Antonyms

• (give permission to): ban, bar, forbid, prohibit
• (give confidence to): disempower, dishearten, disspirit

Derived terms

• empowerment

Translations

Anagrams

• empowre