Necropower

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Power over life and death, or over deadly activities and products such as assassination, weapons, the death penalty, etc. uncountable

    "The portrayal in Kontroll of the underground space of the Budapest subway system as a site of potential resistance against the multiple manifestations of necropower, […]"

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"The portrayal in Kontroll of the underground space of the Budapest subway system as a site of potential resistance against the multiple manifestations of necropower, […]"

Etymology

From necro- + power.

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