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necropower

necropower noun: power over life and death, or over deadly activities and products such as assassination, weapons, the death penalty, etc.

Noun

necropower (uncountable)

  1. Power over life and death, or over deadly activities and products such as assassination, weapons, the death penalty, etc.
    • 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, […]2011, Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, Louise Olga Vasvári, Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies, page 281
    • Exposure to the gorgoneion exposes the viewer to necropower; in the context of asylum the visibility of the asylum seeker thus potentially exposes the complicity of the normal situation in necropower.2011, David Farrier, Postcolonial Asylum: Seeking Sanctuary Before the Law, page 68

Origin of necropower

From necro- + power.

Questions about necropower

What does necropower mean?
Necropower means power over life and death, or over deadly activities and products such as assassination, weapons, the death penalty, etc.
What part of speech is necropower?
Necropower is a noun.

Words near necropower in the dictionary

  1. necroposted
  2. necroposter
  3. necroposters
  4. necroposting
  5. necroposts
  6. necropower
  7. necroprinting
  8. necropsied
  9. necropsies
  10. necropsy
  11. necropsying

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