disempower

American  

[dis-em-pau-er] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈpaʊ ər /

verb (used with object)

1. to deprive of influence, importance, etc..

   Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.

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disempower British  

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈpaʊə /

verb

1. (tr) to deprive (a person) of power or authority

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Other Word Forms

• disempowerment
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of disempower

First recorded in 1805–15; dis- ¹ + empower

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

disempower

In January, he published a paper that found that advanced AI tools can disempower users and distort their sense of reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Opposition parties highlighted cost of living issues, high unemployment - especially for young people - and fears that constitutional changes could disempower the disadvantaged.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024

The Fifth and Sixth amendments were designed, in part, to disempower judges—who are, after all, employees of the state—and hand over the final determination of guilt to a dozen citizens drawn from the community.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2024

Survivors who supported the legislation have said a defamation lawsuit is often used as a retaliation tactic to disempower victims.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

And he remarks that with this equipment you will find it easy to establish that garlic and diamonds do not disempower magnets; you can do the experiment whenever you like.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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