Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
- n. The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
- n. The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
- n. Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
Examples
“The term empowerment is used frequently today; unfortunately, many people using the term do not really understand what it means.”
“They use tricks and gimmicks to electrify their audiences under the label empowerment, overcoming limitations and more with the promises of wealth and happiness.”
“As one of the premier buzzwords from the total quality movement, the word empowerment has been overused and sometimes misunderstood.”
“Klinsmann will use the word "empowerment" when he gathers in his first training squad before the Mexico game next week.”
“Political empowerment is the key to changing our education system for the better.”
The Huffington Post: Jalen Rose: Voter Education Equals Improving Our Educational System
“I believe that humanity's advances are made by individuals, and helped along by empowerment of that individual, and that most of this empowerment is in the sense of getting the hell out of their way - rogue individuals have consistently had to buck th ...”
“The first way we can help fuel women's empowerment is the most obvious: Accelerating women's leadership within our own four walls.”
The Huffington Post: Muhtar Kent: This Century Goes to the Women
“Other leaders told us that the day was in some respects an epiphany -- now they understand why women's empowerment is such a critical global issue of our day.”
The Huffington Post: Isobel Coleman: The Week at the Clinton Global Initiative
“Berman's script, despite a slight lean toward preachy empowerment, is surprisingly engaging.”
“Do you think because you passed a law in Rhode Island that somehow sex worker empowerment is going to disappear?”
Donna Hughes and the anti rights activists victory in Rhode Island « Bound, Not Gagged
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘empowerment’.
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Topical
The buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 734 more...
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The Buzz
The bang, the cannonade,
the bale, the hum.lab situation, media, startup, scientific, gameplay, social, intuitive, creative, collaborative, funding, non-governmental ..., consultant and 123 more...
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voidwords
Any word or phrase considered to be a voidword or vacuism (i.e. virtually meaningless in general useage).
sustainable devel..., carbon neutral, empowerment, facilitate, proactive, globalisation, new, progressive, compassionate con..., modernism, postmodernism, inappropriate and 5 more...
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simpleimage's list
Words that inspire leadership
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