maktspråk

Swedish

Etymology

makt (“power”) +‎ språk (“language”)

Noun

maktspråk n

  1. language that asserts someone's power, for example by making demands (and often threats), especially when considered arbitrary, autocratic, or the like
    Despotens maktspråk mot omvärlden
    The despot's demands and threats (for example) against other countries
  2. language (purportedly) used to gain or maintain power (by creating feelings of inferiority or the like)
    tillkrånglat, byråkratiskt maktspråk
    tortuous, bureaucratic "power language"

Declension

Declension of maktspråk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite maktspråk maktspråks
definite maktspråket maktspråkets
plural indefinite maktspråk maktspråks
definite maktspråken maktspråkens

References

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