Engender
verb
To cause or give rise to something.
His controversial remarks engendered a lot of anger
Often appears as...
- engender controversy
- engender resentment
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Formal
verb
To be the source or origin of something.
Their close friendship engendered a deeper understanding and respect
Often appears as...
- engender understanding
- engender respect
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To cause or give rise to something.
His controversial remarks engendered a lot of anger
Often appears as...
- engender controversy
- engender resentment
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To be the source or origin of something.
Their close friendship engendered a deeper understanding and respect
Often appears as...
- engender understanding
- engender respect
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/3Consequence Trigger
Use 'engender' to emphasize that a specific action will trigger a consequence or reaction.
Neglecting one's health can engender severe medical conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Response
'Engender' often describes the creation of emotions or feelings within a group of people.
The politician's speech engendered hope among the voters.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'engender' carries a neutral tone and is used in formal or neutral settings.
The new policy may engender a shift in consumer behavior.
Pro Tip 1/3Consequence Trigger
Use 'engender' to emphasize that a specific action will trigger a consequence or reaction.
Neglecting one's health can engender severe medical conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Response
'Engender' often describes the creation of emotions or feelings within a group of people.
The politician's speech engendered hope among the voters.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'engender' carries a neutral tone and is used in formal or neutral settings.
The new policy may engender a shift in consumer behavior.
Pro Tip 1/3Consequence Trigger
Use 'engender' to emphasize that a specific action will trigger a consequence or reaction.
Neglecting one's health can engender severe medical conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Response
'Engender' often describes the creation of emotions or feelings within a group of people.
The politician's speech engendered hope among the voters.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'engender' carries a neutral tone and is used in formal or neutral settings.
The new policy may engender a shift in consumer behavior.
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Jeremy Heimans: What new...
then you've figured out that you don't need the bank, and who wants the bank, right? And so, that experience tends to embolden you it tends to make you want more participation across more aspects of your life. And what this gives rise to is a set of values. We talked about the models that new power has engendered —
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
In your career and personal life, in your relationships, and in your heart and soul, your backwards-swimming fish do you great harm. They exact a toll in missed opportunities and unrealized potential, and they engender insecurity and distrust where you seek fulfillment and connection.
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Mohamed Hijri: A simple...
We use fertilizers in our farming, chemical fertilizers. Why do we use chemical fertilizers in agriculture? Basically, to help plants grow and to produce a better yield. The issue is that this is set to engender an environmental problem that is without precedent.
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Building a theater that...
actors from around the country to come to perform here because you can do things you can't do elsewhere so the first position we took was hey we as architects had better not show up and do a pristine building that doesn't engender the same freedoms that this old
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How to be "Team Human"...
to promote humans, are intensely anti-human at the core. Think about the blockchain. The blockchain is here to help us have a great humanized economy? No. The blockchain does not engender trust between users, the blockchain simply substitutes for trust in a new,
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Africa’s rhyming history...
assumption is false popular expectations of a better life had surely risen during the heady days of nationalist anti colonial agitation but within a few years scholars would be talking about the crisis of rising expectation engendered during the heyday
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Sir Martin Rees: Earth...
and the very large on the right. And it's this science, which is not only enlightening our understanding of the biological world, but also transforming our world faster than ever. And more than that, it's engendering new kinds of change.
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Raghava KK for National...
no there are two things I'd really love that's technology and creativity and what's interesting is technology is now engendering creativity and maybe both together can engender empathy my passion lies in seeing how technology can be
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How humans could evolve...
How do we use our knowledge to protect ourselves from the external dangers and then protect ourselves from ourselves? I pose these questions not to engender the fear of science but to bring to light the many possibilities
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Water Discovered In...
It engenders the immediate feeling that it can't possibly be real It has no solid surface and it has rings around it, and we don't necessarily know where those rings came from or how old they are.
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Jeremy Heimans: What new...
then you've figured out that you don't need the bank, and who wants the bank, right? And so, that experience tends to embolden you it tends to make you want more participation across more aspects of your life. And what this gives rise to is a set of values. We talked about the models that new power has engendered —
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
In your career and personal life, in your relationships, and in your heart and soul, your backwards-swimming fish do you great harm. They exact a toll in missed opportunities and unrealized potential, and they engender insecurity and distrust where you seek fulfillment and connection.
Video examples
Mohamed Hijri: A simple...
We use fertilizers in our farming, chemical fertilizers. Why do we use chemical fertilizers in agriculture? Basically, to help plants grow and to produce a better yield. The issue is that this is set to engender an environmental problem that is without precedent.
Video examples
Building a theater that...
actors from around the country to come to perform here because you can do things you can't do elsewhere so the first position we took was hey we as architects had better not show up and do a pristine building that doesn't engender the same freedoms that this old
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How to be "Team Human"...
to promote humans, are intensely anti-human at the core. Think about the blockchain. The blockchain is here to help us have a great humanized economy? No. The blockchain does not engender trust between users, the blockchain simply substitutes for trust in a new,
Video examples
Africa’s rhyming history...
assumption is false popular expectations of a better life had surely risen during the heady days of nationalist anti colonial agitation but within a few years scholars would be talking about the crisis of rising expectation engendered during the heyday
Video examples
Sir Martin Rees: Earth...
and the very large on the right. And it's this science, which is not only enlightening our understanding of the biological world, but also transforming our world faster than ever. And more than that, it's engendering new kinds of change.
Video examples
Raghava KK for National...
no there are two things I'd really love that's technology and creativity and what's interesting is technology is now engendering creativity and maybe both together can engender empathy my passion lies in seeing how technology can be
Video examples
How humans could evolve...
How do we use our knowledge to protect ourselves from the external dangers and then protect ourselves from ourselves? I pose these questions not to engender the fear of science but to bring to light the many possibilities
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Water Discovered In...
It engenders the immediate feeling that it can't possibly be real It has no solid surface and it has rings around it, and we don't necessarily know where those rings came from or how old they are.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
Architecture produces a musical mood in our inner being, and we notice that even though the elements of architecture and music appear to be so alien in the outer world, through this musical mood engendered in us, our experience of architecture brings about a reconciliation, a balance between these two elements.
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Vivek Murthy
American Public Servant
Touch is incredibly important as part of the human experience. Our ancestors relied on human touch to form and strengthen bonds with each other. Touch can accelerate a feeling of connection and releases hormones in our body that engender trust and build connection.
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Jacki Weaver
Australian Actress
I've always said about awards that they're meaningless until you win one, and then they're best thing in the world. The other thing about awards is that they engender respect from areas where it might never have come from without it.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
During the twentieth century, men fought on behalf of nationalism. Yet the wars they fought were also engendered by dislocations in world markets and by social revolution stimulated by the coming of the industrial age.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders.
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John Anderson
Australian Politician
We have to have a way of dealing with this that engenders confidence, trust, gives us every chance of getting the right outcome and boosts both sustainability and economic return at the same time.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
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Sandra Cisneros
American Author
Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.
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Tertullian
Roman Author
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Menander
Greek Poet
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
Architecture produces a musical mood in our inner being, and we notice that even though the elements of architecture and music appear to be so alien in the outer world, through this musical mood engendered in us, our experience of architecture brings about a reconciliation, a balance between these two elements.
Quote examples
Vivek Murthy
American Public Servant
Touch is incredibly important as part of the human experience. Our ancestors relied on human touch to form and strengthen bonds with each other. Touch can accelerate a feeling of connection and releases hormones in our body that engender trust and build connection.
Quote examples
Jacki Weaver
Australian Actress
I've always said about awards that they're meaningless until you win one, and then they're best thing in the world. The other thing about awards is that they engender respect from areas where it might never have come from without it.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
During the twentieth century, men fought on behalf of nationalism. Yet the wars they fought were also engendered by dislocations in world markets and by social revolution stimulated by the coming of the industrial age.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders.
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John Anderson
Australian Politician
We have to have a way of dealing with this that engenders confidence, trust, gives us every chance of getting the right outcome and boosts both sustainability and economic return at the same time.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
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Sandra Cisneros
American Author
Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.
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Tertullian
Roman Author
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Menander
Greek Poet
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
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