Neo-authoritarianism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy. uncountable
"As neo-authoritarianism advances, the [Chinese Communist] Party moves to the front stage and becomes hands-on in managing important affairs, crowding out legal rules and institutions. It has expanded and solidified a prerogative state to solve politically sensitive matters through substantively extra-legal methods."
- 2 Any present-day phenomenon of authoritarianism. uncountable
"Neo-authoritarianism has neither fascist black shirts nor the Nazi’s brown-shirts. It would be misleading to try to understand the neo-authoritarian phenomenon by focusing on some groups that exhibit the swastika."
Example
More examples"As neo-authoritarianism advances, the [Chinese Communist] Party moves to the front stage and becomes hands-on in managing important affairs, crowding out legal rules and institutions. It has expanded and solidified a prerogative state to solve politically sensitive matters through substantively extra-legal methods."
Etymology
From neo- + authoritarianism.
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