helplessness
English
Etymology
Noun
helplessness (usually uncountable, plural helplessnesses)
- The state of being helpless.
- A feeling of inadequacy or impotence.
- 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
Synonyms
Translations
state of being helpless
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feeling of inadequacy or impotence
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See also
Further reading
- helplessness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- helplessness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “impotence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
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