empowerment
noun
Simple meaning
The achievement of political, social or economic power by a person or group.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
ihmpowermuhntSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪmˈpaʊɚmənt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
south africa
Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
Used this way, empowerment is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It turns up most in finance or economics and government or politics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Successful and accomplished
- Usage feel
- Precise and approving
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
- Government/politics
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use empowerment
- “Giving employees more responsibility leads to their empowerment and better decisions.”noun
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