disempower

American  

[dis-em-pou-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

Etymology

Origin of disempower

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

Example Sentences

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

In “The Right To Vote: The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States,” he details how the accusation was simply raised as a method to suppress the votes of groups the people in power wished to disenfranchise and disempower.

From Salon

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

From The Wall Street Journal

“I choose not to allow circumstances or individuals disempower my spirit,” she added as an emotional Evans added: “If you can say that, if you can really believe that, then there are so many others of us who can feel confident in that as well.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC