impotency (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *impotency*:
NOUN	attribute	impotency, powerlessness, impotence	the quality of lacking strength or power
NOUN	state	impotency, impotence	an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate

English > *impotency*: 2 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
Synonyms	powerlessness, impotence
Narrower	helplessness, weakness, impuissance	powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
	ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality	lacking the power to be effective
	paper tiger	The nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual
	uninterestingness	inability to capture or hold one's interest
	unpersuasiveness	inability to persuade
	voicelessness	Having no voice in the management or control of affairs
Broader	quality	An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Opposite	power, powerfulness	possession of controlling influence
Spanish	impotencia
Catalan	impotència
Adjectives	impotent	lacking power or ability

English > *impotency*: 2 senses > noun 2, state
Meaning	An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate.
Synonym	impotence
Narrower	erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction, ED	impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
Broader	sterility, infertility	The state of being unable to produce offspring
Opposite	potency, potence	The state of being potent
Spanish	impotencia
Adjectives	impotent	(of a male) unable to copulate

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