Counterpower
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A political or other kind of power capable of challenging and potentially removing the power of another.
"In the hands of the few power can be called oppression, repression, exploitation or authoritarianism. Meanwhile movements for freedom, emancipation, liberation, human rights and democracy have a common idea at their heart. That idea is Counterpower."
Example
More examples"In the hands of the few power can be called oppression, repression, exploitation or authoritarianism. Meanwhile movements for freedom, emancipation, liberation, human rights and democracy have a common idea at their heart. That idea is Counterpower."
Etymology
From counter- + power.
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