noun
empowerment
noun
1
The process of gaining greater confidence, control, or power over one's own life or circumstances.
"The charity focuses on the economic empowerment of rural women."
"Her book is about personal empowerment after trauma."
How to Use Empowerment
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishGaining more control, confidence, or power, especially for a group that previously had little.
Common pairings
women's empowerment
sense of empowerment
Word Forms
empowerments plural
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Etymology
From empower + -ment.