empowerment

English

Etymology

empower +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

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Noun

empowerment (plural empowerments)

1. The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
2. The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
3. The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
4. (South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.

Derived terms

• youth empowerment
• (South Africa) black economic empowerment

Translations

granting of power

• Catalan: apoderament (ca) m
• Estonian: volitus (et), volitamine (et)
• Finnish: valtuuttaminen (fi), valtuutus (fi), voimaantuminen, valtaistuminen
• French: autonomisation (fr)
• German: Empowerment (de) n, Ermächtigung (de) f, Bevollmächtigung f
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• Maori: whakamanatanga
• Norwegian: fullmakt, myndighet
• Portuguese: empoderamento m
• Spanish: empoderamiento (es) m
• Swedish: kraftfrigörelse

state of being empowered

• Arabic: تمكين
• Esperanto: plenpovo
• Estonian: võimestus, võimestumine
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• Maori: whakamanatanga
• Portuguese: empoderamento m