Neo-authoritarianism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Neo-authoritarianism is a noun meaning A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy.
Meaning
A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy.
More Meanings
- Any present-day phenomenon of authoritarianism.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- neoauthoritarianism
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neoauthoritarianism, ecoauthoritarianism, anti-authoritarianism, authoritarianist, antiauthoritarianism, autocratism.
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