powerlessness

paralysis

Loss of muscle function

• weaknessDeficiency in force
• incapacityLack of ability
• disabilityImpairment affecting life activities

immobility · frailty · debilitation · exhaustion · fatigue · infirmity · deterioration · decline · dependence · confinement

helplessness

Lacking ability to cope

• despairTotal absence of hope
• hopelessnessState without hope
• frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts

resignation · defeat · vulnerability · overwhelm · desperation · anguish · desolation · despondency · anxiety · fear

bureaucracy

Rigid administrative system

• inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
• povertySevere lack of resources
• unemploymentBeing without paid work

homelessness · corruption · injustice · hierarchy · institutional · structural · systemic · disenfranchised · marginalized · underprivileged

oppression

Unjust exercise of power

• subjugationForcing into submission
• disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
• marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery

exploitation · tyranny · domination · colonization · silencing · voicelessness · censorship · persecution · discrimination · injustice

• bad feelingssadness, anger, fear, grief, sorrow
• despairdespair, hopelessness, desolation, despondency, dejection
• recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
• sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
• weaknessweakness, feebleness, frailty, debility, asthenia
• weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming