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EMPOWERMENTS Antonyms

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dependency
nounn
noun

• the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

• a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

disenfranchisement
nounn
noun

• the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise

helplessness
nounn
noun

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

• the state of needing help from something

• a feeling of being unable to manage

oppression
nounn
noun

• the act of subjugating by cruelty

• the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:

• a feeling of being oppressed

subjugation
nounn
noun

• forced submission to control by others

• the act of subjugating by cruelty

• the act of conquering

submission
nounn
noun

• something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

• the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

• the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else

• the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness

• a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing

subordination
nounn
noun

• the state of being subordinate to something

• the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

• the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head

• the quality of obedient submissiveness

• the act of mastering or subordinating someone

suppression
nounn
noun

• the failure to develop some part or organ

• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

weakness
nounn
noun

• a flaw or weak point

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

• the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain

• the condition of being financially weak

• a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you

disempowerment
nounn
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Alternatives for DEPENDENCY

Alternatives for DISENFRANCHISEMENT

Alternatives for HELPLESSNESS

Alternatives for OPPRESSION

Alternatives for SUBJUGATION

Alternatives for SUBMISSION

Alternatives for SUBORDINATION

Alternatives for SUPPRESSION

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