empowerment

noun

em·pow·er·ment im-ˈpau̇(-ə)r-mənt

plural empowerments

: the act or action of empowering someone or something : the granting of the power, right, or authority to perform various acts or duties

Malcolm X, the eloquent spokesman for black empowerment who, in 1965, was gunned down at the age of 39 in New York city, continues to influence the political, social, and cultural climate of our society.—

Joe Wood

Therefore, part of the cure for poverty was empowerment—training the residents of a poor neighborhood to organize themselves and learn to get things from the power structure.—

Nicholas Lemann

: the state of being empowered to do something : the power, right, or authority to do something

Education does not automatically result in women's empowerment, as the social and economic context in which women live can pose overwhelming constraints on their choices.—

Erin Murphy-Graham

The focus on getting a candidate elected is a way for voters wary of broken promises to gain a sense of empowerment.—

John Dutton

Amid the uproar, he and his fellow students felt a budding—and maybe false—sense of empowerment.—

James Graff

Like John Lennon, he brought the idea that through music, empowerment and words, you can really come up with world peace.—

Wyclef Jean

Examples of empowerment in a Sentence

the empowerment of her husband to make medical decisions on her behalf is clearly stated in her living will

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Women who accumulate wealth are more likely to invest in businesses led by other women, thus creating a virtuous cycle of empowerment. —

Melissa Houston, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 One is an intimate empowerment ballad from a Tyler Perry historical drama on Netflix. —

Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024 This is supposed to be the new era in college athlete economic empowerment, when institutions of higher learning are supporting the financial prerogatives of their most physically gifted. —

Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024 Seen by upwards of 65 million people, the show’s themes of female friendship, empowerment and discrimination clearly struck a chord, fueling almost $1.7 billion in Broadway grosses and around $6 billion worldwide. —

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for empowerment