Impotence
noun
The lack of ability to do something or achieve a goal.
His political impotence in this matter was obvious.
Often appears as...
- political impotence
- personal impotence
noun
In medical terms, it means the inability of a man to have sexual intercourse due to failure of erection, or to achieve a pregnancy in a case of normal coitus.
He was suffering from impotence and was seeking treatment.
Often appears as...
- erectile impotence
- sexual impotence
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
The impotence of the old regime was evident in its inability to control the rebellion.
Often appears as...
- obvious impotence
- evident impotence
noun
The lack of ability to do something or achieve a goal.
His political impotence in this matter was obvious.
Often appears as...
- political impotence
- personal impotence
noun
In medical terms, it means the inability of a man to have sexual intercourse due to failure of erection, or to achieve a pregnancy in a case of normal coitus.
He was suffering from impotence and was seeking treatment.
Often appears as...
- erectile impotence
- sexual impotence
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
The impotence of the old regime was evident in its inability to control the rebellion.
Often appears as...
- obvious impotence
- evident impotence
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Block
Used metaphorically to suggest a psychological hindrance preventing achievement.
After many unsuccessful attempts, he felt a sense of impotence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Focuses on non-physical challenges, like a problem-solving limitation.
Her impotence to influence the decision frustrated her.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Implies feelings of frustration or inadequacy in facing obstacles.
The team's impotence in the face of crisis led to defeat.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Block
Used metaphorically to suggest a psychological hindrance preventing achievement.
After many unsuccessful attempts, he felt a sense of impotence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Focuses on non-physical challenges, like a problem-solving limitation.
Her impotence to influence the decision frustrated her.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Implies feelings of frustration or inadequacy in facing obstacles.
The team's impotence in the face of crisis led to defeat.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Block
Used metaphorically to suggest a psychological hindrance preventing achievement.
After many unsuccessful attempts, he felt a sense of impotence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Focuses on non-physical challenges, like a problem-solving limitation.
Her impotence to influence the decision frustrated her.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Emotion
Implies feelings of frustration or inadequacy in facing obstacles.
The team's impotence in the face of crisis led to defeat.
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Your genes are not your...
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How to stay calm when...
That's right, 49 surgeries are done for every one person who's helped. And the side effects in that case occur in 50 percent of the patients. They include impotence, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, rectal tearing, fecal incontinence.
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Hornet Queen Murdered By...
her workers sense her impotence her faithful warriors her very own daughters rise up against her
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Your genes are not your...
is showing that nicotine which constricts your arteries can cause a heart attack or a stroke but it also causes impotence half of guys who smoke are impotent how sexy is that and we're also about to publish the study the first studies showing you can change gene expression and men with prostate cancer this is what's called a heat map and the different colors and
Video examples
How to stay calm when...
That's right, 49 surgeries are done for every one person who's helped. And the side effects in that case occur in 50 percent of the patients. They include impotence, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, rectal tearing, fecal incontinence.
Video examples
Hornet Queen Murdered By...
her workers sense her impotence her faithful warriors her very own daughters rise up against her
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Quote examples
Marilyn Ferguson
American Writer
Despair is a cop-out, the ultimate abdication of all responsibility, in which people feel justified in their feelings of impotence. But if, on the other hand, you feel that your work in the world does make a difference and that you do have the power to change things, the nay-sayers will turn a deaf ear.
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Joseph Roux
French Clergyman
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Scientist
Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Jeanne Moreau
French Actress
As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
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Loni Anderson
American Actress
Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking.
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Aleister Crowley
English Critic
Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
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Marilyn Ferguson
American Writer
Despair is a cop-out, the ultimate abdication of all responsibility, in which people feel justified in their feelings of impotence. But if, on the other hand, you feel that your work in the world does make a difference and that you do have the power to change things, the nay-sayers will turn a deaf ear.
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Joseph Roux
French Clergyman
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Scientist
Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Jeanne Moreau
French Actress
As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
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Loni Anderson
American Actress
Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking.
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Aleister Crowley
English Critic
Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
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