Definition of "disempowering" [disempowering]

• Present participle of disempower. (verb)

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• "It's also fundamentally backwards looking and maybe even a touch disempowering, which is ironic given the brilliantly capable, future-oriented builders of worlds who dot the speculative fiction landscape (authors and characters both)."
• "This narrative still clings to whiteness and sees the changes taking place in the country as having a "disempowering" effect "with catastrophic implications" to whiteness."
• "Next week, we will discuss the second narrative: 'This shouldn't happen to a white' which as we said earlier, also clings to whiteness and sees the changes taking place in the country as having a "disempowering" effect."