neo-authoritarianism en · NOUN
Etymology
From neo- + authoritarianism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A post-Maoist current in Chinese political thought favoring enlightened autocracy.
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.
2019 March 20, Hualing Fu, “Touching the Proverbial Elephant: The Multiple Shades of Chinese Law”, in China Perspectives, volume 2019, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3–9:
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(uncountable) Any present-day phenomenon of authoritarianism.
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.
2021 May 10, Massimiliano Tomba, “Neo-Authoritarianism without Authority”, in CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN:
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