"power gap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: power gaps [plural]
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  1. (literally) A big difference between two amounts of power. Tags: literally Related terms: power dynamics, power distance
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  2. (sociology, business) The difference between two people that causes one person to treat the other person badly, because the other person is seen as lower than the first. Categories (topical): Business, Sociology, Social justice
    Sense id: en-power_gap-en-noun-76FJHdFY Disambiguation of Social justice: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Topics: business, human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

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