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Definition of Powerlessness
1. Noun. The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Helplessness, Impuissance, Weakness, Unpersuasiveness, Uninterestingness, Voicelessness, Paper Tiger, Ineffectiveness, Ineffectuality, Ineffectualness
Derivative terms: Impotent, Impotent, Powerless
Antonyms: Power, Powerfulness
Definition of Powerlessness
1. Noun. The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Powerlessness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Powerlessness
Literary usage of Powerlessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans by Frédéric Godet, Alexander Cusin (1881)
"But in developing this theme of the powerlessness of the law, is not the apostle
... What he proves here is its powerlessness to sanctify, which is entirely ..."
2. Morals: A Treatise on the Psycho-sociological Bases of Ethics by Guillaume L. Duprat, William John Greenstreet (1903)
"powerlessness of Philosophy — 5. powerlessness of Religion — 6. Conditions of
Morality. II. SCIENTIFIC MORALITY. 7. Independent Ethics—8. ..."
3. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"powerlessness of the Opposition.—Splendid Qualities as an Orator.—Discussions in
Glasgow and Edinburgh.—Battle Waged by Mr. Beecher in Liverpool. ..."
4. The Part of France and Russia in the Surrender by England of the Right of by Foreign affairs committee, Sheffield, Isaac Ironside, Scotland Lord Advocate (1866)
"If there be none, the only explanation is powerlessness! England and France may
be involved in the consequences, must be involved in the consequences; ..."
5. Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia by Karl von Gebler (1879)
"His powerlessness to protect his Servant.—Galileo's Mistake in leaving Venice.—Letter
to Elia Diodati. ONLY a few days later, on 15th September, ..."
6. The French Revolution by Hippolyte Taine (1878)
"powerlessness of the Directories and of the ministers.—Marseilles in 1790. ...
powerlessness of the municipalities.—The violence to which they are subject. ..."
7. John De Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland: Or, Twenty Years of a by Germain Antonin Lefèvre-Pontalis (1885)
"... Edict—The example set br Dordrecht followed by the entire province—The States
of Holland reduced to powerlessness—Proposal for a change of government—It ..."
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