Thesaurus entry: powerless

Article: The relationship between powerless speech, agentic ...
The Journal of Social Psychology;  August 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... they highlighted a style of speaking - "powerless speech" - that in certain contexts ... relatively low social status tend to use powerless speech, as do women, especially in ... power in dynamic interactions. Second, powerless speech, though coded uniformly, may ...

Article: Effortless Power Powerless Effort.(bowling)
Bowling Digest;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... words, it's effortless power through powerless effort. Unfortunately, today's bowlers ... bowlers who display effortless power with powerless effort are far more successful over time ... 20 feet down the lane, thanks to his powerless effort. Carter was the leadoff man of ...

Article: Myths About the Powerless: Contesting Social Inequities. ...
Perspectives on Political Science;  June 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... seventeen essays in Myths about the Powerless apply the insights of William Ryan ... begins with the discovery that the powerless are somehow different than those who are better off. In Myths about the Powerless Michelle Fine and others develop ...

Article: The Powerless-Empowerment Scale: Measurement of Substance ...
Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... substance abuse counseling orientations. The Powerless-Empowerment Scale, which was developed ... total and that the individual is not only powerless over alcohol or some other chemical but powerless over all aspects of his/her life. (p ...

Article: 'POWERLESS' CONSUMERS SPEND MORE; But responsible brands ...
Advertising Age;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... three assumptions: A) feeling powerless is often an aversive state that ... conumers can compensate for feeling powerless by demonstrating or obtaining status ... result, we reasoned that feeling powerless would lead consumers to pay more ...

Article: SOTOMAYOR'S VIRTUE; HER EMPATHY TOWARD POWERLESS IN LINE ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... may have empathy toward the weak and powerless, or even show partiality to the marginalized ... people simply because they were weak and powerless. And from that time forward, God constantly ... since they, too, had been weak and powerless. A few centuries later, the descendants ...

Article: 'Powerless' lieutenant governor can have a big impact
Daily Breeze;  September 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... s post, many "experts" say, is powerless and worthless and ought to be eliminated ... poised to do so. But the seemingly "powerless" Garamendi suddenly became a hero to ... term, plus two more full ones. This "powerless" individual could do a lot of good or ...