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empowerment

  • /ɪmˈpaʊ.əɹ.mənt/

noun empowerments

  1. The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group. Hence, the anonymity that digital technological tools can provide ultimately leads to empowerment of student opinion and input.
  2. The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power. The new model, by contrast, is about empowerment. It’s about listening, not talking. It’s about compassion, empathy and humility. It’s about understanding that power is amplified when it’s shared.
  3. The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
  4. South Africa Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.

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Closest in meaning: authorization, authorisation, able, capability, enablement, enabling, entrustment, ability, enable, enabled, habilitation, power, authorized, enabler, allow, accountable

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noun granting of power

Españolempoderamiento
हिन्दीशक्तीकरण m सशक्तीकरण śaktīkraṇ
Portuguêsempoderamento
Françaisautonomisation
DeutschEmpowerment, Ermächtigung, Bevollmächtigung
Italianoconferimento di potere, controllo
Ελληνικάενίσχυση eníschysi, ενδυνάμωση endynámosi
العربيةتَمْكِين tamkīn

noun state of being empowered

Portuguêsempoderamento
Italianoresponsabilizzazione, emancipazione
العربيةتَمْكِين tamkīn

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@misc{empowerment_2026,
  title = {empowerment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/empowerment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}