強権

• 読み: きょうけん
• ローマ字: kyoken
• 漢字の分解: 強 (kyō/tsuyoi) — strong, forceful; 権 (ken) — authority, right, power
• 発音: /kʲoː.ken/

意味

Coercive power; strong-arm authority; power exercised forcefully without regard for individual rights or consent.

A noun describing the exercise of power through force or compulsion rather than consent or law. Often used critically to describe authoritarian governance (強権政治, strong-arm politics) or heavy-handed state action. Distinct from 権力 (power in general), 強権 specifically emphasises coercive, oppressive application. The phrase 強権を発動する (to invoke coercive power) implies an extraordinary and often illegitimate use of state force.

例文

1. 政府は強権を発動して、抗議運動を強制的に排除した。
2. 強権的な手法で進められた開発事業に、住民は激しく反発した。
3. 民主主義が後退し、強権政治が横行する国が増えていると指摘されている。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, government, human rights, law

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From 強 (strong/forceful) and 権 (authority/power). A term used in political science and journalism to describe rule by force rather than by consent, implying a suppression of rights in the exercise of authority.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal