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neofeudalism

neofeudalism noun: the contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.

Noun

neofeudalism (uncountable)

  1. The contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
    • Near-synonym: technofeudalism
    • The founding fathers of the American Republic understood this point perfectly well when they built a system of checks and balances into the American Constitution in an attempt to confine neofeudalism to the Old World.2001, Ken Binmore, “8: The Breakdown of Social Contracts”, in Steven N. Durlauf, H. Peyton Young, editors, Social Dynamics, page 230
    Synonyms:
    technofeudalism, new feudalism

Synonyms of neofeudalism

Forms of neofeudalism

alternative formneo-feudalism

Origin of neofeudalism

From neo- + feudalism.

Questions about neofeudalism

What does neofeudalism mean?
Neofeudalism means the contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
What part of speech is neofeudalism?
Neofeudalism is a noun.

Words near neofeudalism in the dictionary

  1. neofemales
  2. neofeminist
  3. neofeminists
  4. neofen
  5. neofeudal
  6. neofeudalism
  7. neofeudalist
  8. neofeudalistic
  9. neofeudalists
  10. neofibrogenesis
  11. neofinaconitine

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