déresponsabilisant
French, adjective/de.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.zɑ̃/
déresponsabilisant is spelled D-É-R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-S-A-N-T (18 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déresponsabilisant is a French adjective meaning “disempowering, taking away a person's sense of responsibility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of déresponsabiliser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Empêchant ou décourageant une personne ou un groupe d’assumer ses responsabilités”.
What does déresponsabilisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disempowering, taking away a person's sense of responsibility
verb
- 1
present participle of déresponsabiliser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Empêchant ou décourageant une personne ou un groupe d’assumer ses responsabilités.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of déresponsabilisant
- déresponsabilisante feminine
- déresponsabilisants masculine plural
- déresponsabilisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déresponsabilisant?
- /de.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.zɑ̃/
- \de.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déresponsabilisant in French?
déresponsabilisant appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).