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necropower

noun

Etymology

From necro- + power.

  1. derived from possum
  2. derived from posso
  3. derived from poeir
  4. inherited from power
  5. prefixed as necropower — “necro + power”

Definitions

  1. Power over life and death, or over deadly activities and products such as assassination,…

    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, […]
    • 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.
    • In wielding this necropower the ultimate site of deployment of this new form of sovereignty is no longer the body as such, but the dead body of the African civilian.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for necropower. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA