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Biopower

Meaning

Noun

In Political science:
The
of the various
used by
to control not individual
but their
, as
with
of power based on the
of
from a sovereign.
Bioenergy.
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Origin

biopower
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bio-
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βίος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
power
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poer
Middle English (1100-1500)
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poer
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
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