English noun: impotence |
1. | impotence (attribute) the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble |
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| Synonyms | impotency, powerlessness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | quality |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | helplessness, impuissance, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, paper tiger, uninterestingness, unpersuasiveness, voicelessness, weakness |
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| Antonyms | power, powerfulness |
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2. | impotence (state) an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate |
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| Synonyms | impotency |
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| Broader (hypernym) | infertility, sterility |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction |
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| Antonyms | potence, potency |
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