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POWERLESSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
Synonyms:
impotence; impotency; powerlessness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("powerlessness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "powerlessness"):
helplessness; impuissance; weakness (powerlessness revealed by an inability to act)
unpersuasiveness (inability to persuade)
uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)
voicelessness (having no voice in the management or control of affairs)
paper tiger (the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual)
ineffectiveness; ineffectuality; ineffectualness (lacking the power to be effective)
Antonym:
power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)
Derivation:
powerless (lacking power)
