real power
True decision-making ability
Real power is influence that actually shapes outcomes, as opposed to nominal authority or titles without substance.
A CEO may hold the position, but real power might rest with the board or a major shareholder.
In physics, real power (also called active power) is the portion of electrical power that performs useful work, measured in watts, distinguished from reactive power that oscillates without doing work.
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- influencePower to affect others
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- cloutInformal power or punch
leverage · seat at the table · grip · command · sovereignty · muscle · force · throne · shadow · puppet master · pulls the strings · kingmaker · strings · behind the scenes · backroom · elite · oligarchy · de facto
- electrical gridelectrical grid, transmission lines, transmission line, substation, substations
- AC CircuitsAC voltage, AC generator, impedance, reactance, capacitor
- electrical powerthree-phase, polyphase, AC, alternating current, electrical grid
- circuit phenomenaimpedance, reactance, capacitance, inductance, resistance
- power gridstransformer, substation, substations, transmission lines, transformers
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
real powerempty title
real powerpowerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
impotence · helplessness · weakness · subjugation · subordination
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