Necrosecurity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Security (social order) obtained via the mass killing or mass death (from the spread of preventable disease, etc) of otherized people, especially people of other racial groups. uncountable
"[see title] […] This chapter introduces and explains the concept of necrosecurity, that is, the process in which life is secured through the death of the racialized other."
Example
More examples"[see title] […] This chapter introduces and explains the concept of necrosecurity, that is, the process in which life is secured through the death of the racialized other."
Etymology
From necro- + security. Coined by Brenda Gisela Garcia Flores circa 2021.
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