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Juridico-discursive power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a conception of power as domination, repression, and the imposition of law.

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Juridico-discursive power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of power that operates by means of domination and repression, limitation, censorship, taboo, circumscribing, imposition of law, and punishing.

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Juridico-discursive power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a misguided conception of power that assumes that power is 'negative' and takes the form of law such that the disobeying of it counts as freedom.

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Juridico-discursive power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a uniform constraining, law-like suppression about how to act. It only prohibits and suppresses, bans, and thus tries to deny the existence of some institution.

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Juridico-discursive power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the obsolete idea that power is something that constrains or holds us back, (i.e. That is negative rather than productive).