Neofeudalism

Quick meaning: Neofeudalism is a noun meaning (politics, sociology) The contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.

Meaning

(politics, sociology) The contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.

Example Sentences

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.

Neoliberalism therefore is the default position of capitalism to which it reverts unless restrained by popular struggles against its institutionalized rule in political systems such as neofeudalism, managed democracy and inverted totalitarianism.

Neofeudalism is rhetorically pitted against a purer, romanticized form of capitalism characterized by small and medium-sized enterprise operating in a “free,” but disciplining market. Neofeudalism is also used by activists critical of capitalism itself.

Word Forms

• neo-feudalism

Synonyms for neofeudalism

Depending on context, synonyms include technofeudalism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include neofeudalist, technofeudalism, antifeudalism, semifeudalism, technofeudalist, neomercantilism.

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