Synonyms for impotence
ˈɪm pə tənsim·po·tence

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1. impotence

   Synonyms:
   awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, inability, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness

   Antonyms:
   ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talent

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1. impotence

   Synonyms:
   incapacity, weakness, disqualification, disability

   Antonyms:
   capacity, vigor, ability, qualification

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1. powerlessness, impotence, impotencynoun

   the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

   Synonyms:
   powerlessness, impotency

   Antonyms:
   potency, potence

2. impotence, impotencynoun

   an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate

   Synonyms:
   powerlessness, impotency

   Antonyms:
   potency, potence

Matched Categories

1. • Quality
   • Sterility

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1. impotencenoun

   Synonyms:
   inability, disability, incapacity, incapability, incompetence, inefficiency, weakness, feebleness, imbecility, infirmity, frailty

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1. List of paraphrases for "impotence":

   powerlessness, helplessness, inability, hopelessness, weakness, incompetence

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1. impotence

   Synonyms:
   Astyphia

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How to use impotence in a sentence?

1. Ana Mirelman:

   Impotence, anguish, corruption, shame, these are some of the things I feel when I think of the Nisman case.

2. Aleister Crowley:

   Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

3. Anatole France:

   The impotence of God is infinite.

4. William Lopez:

   The impotence that I feel makes me want to cry, some people go to sleep while they are in treatment. I do not, because I am scared I will never wake up.

5. Angela Carter:

   Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.