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disempower
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dis·em·pow·er  (dsm-pour)
tr.v. dis·em·pow·ered, dis·em·pow·er·ing, dis·em·pow·ers
To deprive of power or influence.

disem·power·ment n.

disempower
Verb
to deprive (a person) of power or authority
disempowerment n


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In a society where positive images of young women are rare and many young women struggle with their self-esteem, it was tremendously distressing to see such a destructive and disempowering image.
No matter where we work in mental health, there is a danger of taking a custodial and disempowering and patronising attitude," he said.
This bigoted agenda got a major boost in 1968 with former PM Pearson's "choice" of Pierre Trudeau as hatchet-man, and Trudeau's hasty disempowering of Parliament and democracy, instead awarding "Supreme" power to Liberal-pandering tyrants in judicial garb.
 
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