powerfulness
- noun
- /ˈpaʊərfəlnəs/
- His powerfulness in the debate left a strong impression on the audience.
Examples
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The powerfulness of the leader inspired everyone to follow her vision.
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Power can also be "placed" in the heteroglossic languages of authority (Bakhtin 1981) through which individuals may assert their own perceived powerlessness in relation to the powerfulness of other "voices" in their heads, "My boss would kill me if I left the line right now."
Academic text (1992) -
In Native American societies, the power associated with writing may have had more to do with the widespread idea of a sacred powerfulness (wakan in Lakota, for example) than non-Native senses of coercive or manipulative force.
Academic text (2001) -
The powerfulness of new technologies can reshape industries and societies.
Synonyms
Ability to control people or events
Physical or mental power a person has to act
Power and influence in business or politics
A state of having unlimited power over everything
To have power or control over others
Great power or influence that lets someone control others
Having power over other people or groups
Complete power to do anything, often said about God
A quality that makes something seem very impressive and hard to overcome
Antonyms
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Powerfulness is made from power + -ful + -ness, and power comes from an old word meaning 'to be able', the same idea behind the word 'possible'. So, powerfulness means the state of being very able, strong, or having great influence.