effective power
Real working strength
Effective power is the actual ability to accomplish something, as distinguished from nominal or theoretical authority.
A figurehead may hold official power while someone else wields effective power.
In engineering and physics, effective power refers to useful work output—the power actually delivered after accounting for losses.
The prime minister held effective power while the monarch remained ceremonial.
- forceStrength or compulsion
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- executive functionCognitive self-management abilities
- decision makingChoosing a course of action
- influencePower to affect others
pulling strings · logic · authority · energy · reasoning · sovereignty · chain of command · engineering · charisma · confidence · torque · clout · problem-solving · getting things done · efficiency · automation · strategy · potency
effective powerimpotence
Lack of strength or power
powerlessness · ineffectiveness · weakness · incapacity · inability
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