"biopower" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From bio- + power, calque of French biopouvoir, coined by Michel Foucault. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|power}} bio- + power, {{cal|en|fr|biopouvoir|nocap=1}} calque of French biopouvoir Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} biopower (uncountable)
  1. (political science) The sum of the various techniques used by modern nation-states to control not individual subjects but their entire populations, as contrasted with traditional modes of power based on the threat of death from a sovereign. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Political science Translations (political technology): biovalta (Finnish), biopouvoir (French), Bio-Macht [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-biopower-en-noun-4iL40GT- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bio-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Topics: political-science, social-sciences Disambiguation of 'political technology': 100 0
  2. Bioenergy. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-biopower-en-noun-vH37mzIg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: biopolitics, necropower
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