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English noun: impotency

1. impotency (attribute) the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble


Synonymsimpotence, powerlessness


Broader (hypernym)quality


Narrower (hyponym)helplessness, impuissance, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, paper tiger, uninterestingness, unpersuasiveness, voicelessness, weakness


Antonymspower, powerfulness

2. impotency (state) an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate


Synonymsimpotence


Broader (hypernym)infertility, sterility


Narrower (hyponym)ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction


Antonymspotence, potency









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