maktspråk
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]makt (“power”) + språk (“language”)
Noun
[edit]maktspråk n
- 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
- language (purportedly) used to gain or maintain power (by creating feelings of inferiority or the like)
- tillkrånglat, byråkratiskt maktspråk
- tortuous, bureaucratic "power language"
Declension
[edit]| Declension of maktspråk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | maktspråk | maktspråket | maktspråk | maktspråken |
| Genitive | maktspråks | maktspråkets | maktspråks | maktspråkens |