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I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.
Adam Arkin

Meaning of "powerlessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POWERLESSNESS

powerlessness  [ˈpaʊələsnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POWERLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Powerlessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POWERLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of powerlessness in the English dictionary

The definition of powerlessness in the dictionary is the inability to control or influence events.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POWERLESSNESS


breathlessness
ˈbreθləsnɪs
callousness
ˈkæləsnɪs
carelessness
ˈkeələsnɪs
frivolousness
ˈfrɪvələsnɪs
helplessness
ˈhɛlpləsnɪs
hopelessness
ˈhəʊpləsnɪs
joblessness
ˈdʒɒbləsnɪs
lawlessness
ˈlɔːləsnɪs
listlessness
ˈlɪstləsnɪs
marvelousness
ˈmɑːvələsnɪs
meticulousness
mɪˈtɪkjʊləsnɪs
recklessness
ˈrɛkləsnɪs
restlessness
ˈrɛstləsnɪs
ridiculousness
rɪˈdɪkjʊləsnɪs
ruthlessness
ˈruːθləsnɪs
selflessness
ˈselfləsnɪs
sleeplessness
ˈsliːpləsnɪs
thoughtlessness
ˈθɔːtləsnɪs
timelessness
ˈtaɪmləsnɪs
uselessness
ˈjuːsləsnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POWERLESSNESS

power walking
power workers
power yoga
power-assisted
power-assisted steering
power-driven
power-sharing
powerboat
powerboat racing
powerboating
powerful
powerfully
powerfully built
powerfulness
powerhouse
powerless
powerlessly
powerlifter
powerlifting
powertrain

WORDS THAT END LIKE POWERLESSNESS

biliousness
business
consciousness
dangerousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
hilariousness
homelessness
jealousness
nervousness
obviousness
preciousness
rebelliousness
religiousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of powerlessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «powerlessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POWERLESSNESS

Find out the translation of powerlessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of powerlessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «powerlessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无力感
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impotencia
570 millions of speakers

English

powerlessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेबसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العجز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бессилие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impotência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impuissance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa daya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ohnmacht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無力感
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanpa daya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất lực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சக்தியற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्भीडपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güçsüzlük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impotenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezsilność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безсилля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neputință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδυναμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

magteloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maktlöshet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avmakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of powerlessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POWERLESSNESS»

The term «powerlessness» is regularly used and occupies the 85.833 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POWERLESSNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about powerlessness

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10 QUOTES WITH «POWERLESSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word powerlessness.
1
Theodor Adorno
In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve.
2
Adam Arkin
I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.
3
Robert Casey
Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.
4
Shakti Gawain
We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression.
5
Michael Jeffery
Collectively, we must do more than simply watch, with resignation and a feeling of powerlessness, reports on the evening news about the latest terrorist atrocity.
6
Erica Jong
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
7
Maggie Kuhn
Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
8
Ralph Nader
The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
9
Susie Orbach
Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.
10
Stacy Schiff
For the several thousands of years before they became firefighters and physicians, women were sirens, enchantresses, snares. At times it seems as if female powerlessness is male self-preservation in disguise. And for millennia, this has made for a zero-sum game: A woman's intelligence was a man's deception.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POWERLESSNESS»

Discover the use of powerlessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to powerlessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an ...
Explains to outsiders the conflicts between the financial interests of the coal and land companies, and the moral rights of the vulnerable mountaineers.
John Gaventa, 1982
2
Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness
Self-Hypnosis: The Complete Manual for Health and Self-Change, 2nd ed offers a step-by step guide to using hypnosis to better well-being and stronger self-control.
Paul Gilbert, 1992
3
Power and Powerlessness
"Reading this book is like taking the red pill in The Matrix. It opens your eyes to the truth." Janna Comrie
Susan Rosenthal, 2006
4
George C. Wallace and the Politics of Powerlessness: The ...
This is the only complete study of the Wallace phenomenon.
Jody Carlson, 1981
5
Surplus Powerlessness: The Psychodynamics of Everyday Life ...
Argues that people make themselves more powerless than they need to be, and that this attitude undermines one's personal effectiveness in both love and work and negates one's willingness to pursue any large-scale visions of political or ...
Michael Lerner, 1998
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Power in Powerlessness: A Study of Pentecostal Life Worlds ...
In this study of a Pentecostal denomination in urban Chile Martin Lindhardt steps back from classical instrumentalist explanations of Pentecostal growth in Latin America and offers a comprehensive analysis of the ritual and quotidian ...
Martin Lindhardt, 2012
7
Power & Powerlessness in Jewish History
To shed light on the tensions he observed between Jewish perceptions of power versus political realitieswhich "are often the cause of misguided political decisions," like Israel's Lebanese WarBiale analyzes Jewish history from the point of ...
David Biale, 2010
8
Of mice and men: a kinship of powerlessness
Hadella's assessment of the text's literary anddramatic underpinnings is complemented by background information on the history of agribusiness in America, on Steinbeck's experience working with migrant workers in California, and on the ...
Charlotte Hadella, 1995
9
Power from Powerlessness: Tribal Governments, Institutional ...
Here, Laura Evans looks at the successful policy interventions by a range of Indian tribes to explain how disadvantaged groups can build capacity and exploit niches in the institutional framework of American federalism to obtain unlikely ...
Laura Evans, 2011
10
Student Activism in Asia: Between Protest and Powerlessness
The first book in decades to redress this neglect, Student Activism in Asia tells the story of student protest movements across Asia.
Meredith Leigh Weiss, Edward Aspinall, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POWERLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term powerlessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
No Holds Barred: Will Iran deal expose Jewish political impotence?
While Obama's actions demonstrate the political powerlessness of America's Jewish community, we can still appeal to the sense of ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
2
An Open Letter To Naomi Wolf: Let Women Speak How They Please
Not only do you assume that since uptalk and vocal fry are used by young women they must be expressions of female powerlessness, you go ... «In These Times, Jul 15»
3
Cover blows lid off Cosby
But that sense of powerlessness is finally receding. Tamara Green told the magazine: "In 2005, Bill Cosby still had control of the media. In 2015 ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
4
I Would Have Defended My Abuser, Too
It was not just a “shortcoming.” It was coercion. It was calculated exploitation of my trust, powerlessness, and naïveté by an authority figure who ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
5
What is a President? The CEO of Capitalism
Given the enormous powerlessness of the voter, it is unsurprising that the injunction “hope” so often accompanies political campaigns. «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
6
Michael Lebowitz's 'The Socialist Imperative': 'A must-read for …
On the other hand, the workers “accepted the rule of the vanguard party and their own powerlessness and subordination in every aspect of society.” (p. 94) The ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»
7
Six Feet Deep: Diane Awerbuck Reviews SL Grey's Under Ground
... other works: entrenched gender disparity; the overweening weirdness of religion; the powerlessness of childhood; tribalism and isolation. «Books LIVE, Jul 15»
8
Is The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games?
... ready to burst upon the world, and you feel a combination of utter certainty on the one hand and complete powerlessness on the other. «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
9
The flight of common sense
There is this defence mechanism that calls for challenging orders. It manifests itself as a compensation for fear and the sense of powerlessness ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
10
On anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act, a call to bring …
This lack of opportunity creates poverty, powerlessness and increases the risk of developing mental health conditions. It also costs the ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

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