terrtur
terrtur is a term used in some theoretical and literary contexts to describe a form of social or political order that rests on engineered fear to secure compliance. In this usage, authorities employ a combination of terror, coercive policing, and legitimizing rhetoric to establish a climate in which dissent is costly and uncertainty is high. The concept is often discussed as a heuristic for analyzing how fear is manufactured, distributed, and normalized within a society, rather than as a precise, empirically defined regime.
Origin and usage. The term appears as a neologism in critical writings and dystopian fiction, with no
Core mechanisms. Key features include pervasive surveillance, state-controlled messaging, selective enforcement of laws, ritual displays of
Outcomes and critique. Proponents view terrtur as a useful lens for understanding how fear functions in political
See also: state terror, political repression, social control, authoritarianism.