necropolitical

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adjective

Of or relating to necropolitics.

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Meanings

adjectivenecropolitical (comparative more necropolitical, superlative most necropolitical)

comparative more necropolitical · superlative most necropolitical

  1. Of or relating to necropolitics.

    ...leas more golden as their linseed oil ages, even more autumnal, necropolitical, than prewar hopes...

    1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, published 2006, →ISBN, page 59

Origin

From necro- + political.

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Cite this entry
APA

necropolitical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necropolitical

MLA

“necropolitical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necropolitical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “necropolitical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/necropolitical.

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