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empowerment

empowerment

6 4.5
Official permission or legal power to act in a role
  • noun
  • /ɪmˈpaʊərmənt/
  • Formal
translation icon : habilitación
  • The organization focuses on empowerment through training programs that equip individuals with the skills needed to take charge of their future.
  • empowerment zones
  • teacher empowerment
  • political empowerment

Examples

  • Of course, we believe in teacher empowerment and local school autonomy.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Should you, should we have fought so diligently for integration or should we have attempted to have economic empowerment within our own community?

  • Latino groups emphasized electoral politics and civil rights as means of political empowerment in the United States.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The government should embark on result-oriented poverty alleviation programs and economic empowerment of the masses.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The new policy aimed at providing empowerment to local communities by granting them the authority to make decisions about their resources.

  • Her promotion was a significant step towards empowerment, allowing her to lead the project and make key decisions.

Synonyms

agency
vsempowerment
  • Formal
180 5.4

The ability to make your own choices and act

is the act of giving official or legal authority rather than personal ability
authorization
vsempowerment
  • US
125 4.4

Official permission to do something

is broader giving legal or lasting authority rather than single permission
delegation
vsempowerment
7 4.0

Giving someone the authority to do tasks or make decisions for you

focuses on assigning tasks while the other gives legal or formal power
enabling
vsempowerment
  • Formal
5.6

To give legal authority to do something

is the general act of giving official authority whether by law or not
deputation
vsempowerment
  • UK
7.2

Giving someone the power to make decisions for you

is about granting official power generally rather than temporary acting

How Authorizing

to mandate
  • Formal
169 4.9
commission
  • Formal
132 4.9
empowerment
  • Formal
6 4.5
authorization
  • Specialized
14 4.3
permission
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

empowerment singular
empowerments plural

Morphology

empowerment = empower (transparent) = em + power + ment

The noun 'empowerment' is transparently derived from the verb 'empower' with the addition of the suffix '-ment', indicating the action or process.

Etymology

Empowerment comes from the prefix em- meaning 'put into' and the word power meaning 'ability' or 'authority', so it literally means 'putting power into' someone, which is why it is used for giving a person official or legal authority.