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impotence Definition

im·po·tence (impə təns)

noun

the quality or condition of being impotent

Etymology: OFr < L impotentia

impotence Synonyms

impotence

n.

  1. Sterility

    infertility, unproductiveness, infecundity; see barrenness.

  2. Weakness

    powerlessness, helplessness, feebleness, infirmity; see inability, weakness 1.

impotence Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • treat: Natural substances can also be used to address sexual problems such as erectile dysfunction and can be used for treating impotence.
  • cause: A: Prostate surgery does carry a risk of causing impotence.
  • include: Aims to promote better awareness of all aspects of sexuality, including impotence.
  • demonstrate: That the shows merely demonstrated the political impotence of those American idols was a major setback.

Adjective modifier

  • erectile: The role of yohimbine for the treatment of erectile impotence.
  • sexual: A growing body of evidence suggests that smoking may cause male sexual impotence.
  • male: A growing body of evidence suggests that smoking may cause male sexual impotence.
  • political: Such political impotence reduces solidarity to the level of charity work.
  • human: Justification by Faith alone and not by works is a confession of human impotence before the works that are demanded.
  • own: This happened often enough for him to realize his own impotence.

Modifies a noun

  • drug: Viagra is an impotence drug that treats male erectile dysfunction, ED.
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  • problem: Supporting a partner who has impotence problems is vital for their recovery.
  • advice: Each sufferer has individual needs so the impotence advice will vary from person to person - as will the treatment.
  • cure: As there are a number of factors which can cause impotence, there is no specific impotence cure but a number of effective treatments.

Noun used with modifier

  • cause: However, chemotherapy in itself doesnât usually affect sexual performance or cause impotence.

Preposition: in

  • face: They may have experienced a dreadful sense of impotence in the face of what goes on.
  • man: Impotence in men - is a fairly common problem.

Preposition: of

  • government: The Rome conference demonstrated both the lawlessness of the US and the impotence of the European governments.
  • idol: That the shows merely demonstrated the political impotence of those American idols was a major setback.
impotence Quotes

In the western hemisphere, the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.

—Roosevelt,Theodore

   Prince Albert†discovered the impotence of being earnest.

—Cannadine, David

I want to make it clear that it wasn't impotence that led me in to a reclusive existence.

—Roth, Philip Milton