helplessness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
in spite of their weakness the group remains active
Types & categories
- powerlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
- impuissant derivation
- helpless derivation
- weak derivation
Sense 2 noun
the state of needing help from something
Types & categories
- dependency hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a feeling of being unable to manage
Types & categories
- depression hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impuissant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | helpless |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | weak |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | powerlessness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dependency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | helpless |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | helpless |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | depression |