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power vacuum

noun

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  1. A lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution,…

    A lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution, change of power, etc.

    • the old order had irretrievably vanished like breath off a razor blade, and there was a good old-fashioned power vacuum or, as we used to say in factional meetings, a “situation of dual power.”

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