Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neo-authoritarianism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: neo-au-thor-i-tar-i-an-ism
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

8

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy.

Uncountable

noun

Any present-day phenomenon of authoritarianism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From neo- + authoritarianism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: neo-

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

neoauthoritarianism (alternative)

Questions

What does neo-authoritarianism mean?: A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy.
Where does neo-authoritarianism come from?: From neo- + authoritarianism.

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