instrument of state terror
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concept
An instrument of state terror is any tool, policy, institution, or practice deliberately used by a government to instill fear, suppress dissent, and maintain control through intimidation and violence.
All labels observed (19)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| political violence | 8 |
| state terrorism | 4 |
| Nazi institution | 3 |
| instrument of repression | 2 |
| starvation policy | 2 |
| Evil state | 1 |
| Nazi policy implementation | 1 |
| Tsarist security apparatus | 1 |
| component of totalitarian state | 1 |
| death squad | 1 |
| forced labor system | 1 |
| genocidal policy framework | 1 |
| instrument of political repression | 1 |
| instrument of state terror canonical | 1 |
| repressive apparatus | 1 |
| state terror program | 1 |
| state-organized theft | 1 |
| system of forced labor camps | 1 |
| totalitarian control mechanism | 1 |
Instances (32)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda | Nazi institution |
| police forces of St. Petersburg | Tsarist security apparatus |
| Red Terror | state terrorism |
| SS | — |
| Ellenton massacre | political violence |
| assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. | political violence |
| Nazi war aims | genocidal policy framework |
| September Massacres | political violence |
|
Red Terror
surface form:
Red Terror (Ethiopia)
|
state terrorism |
| Stalinist repressions | state terrorism |
| SS and security forces | repressive apparatus |
| Council of Blood | instrument of repression |
| Council of Troubles in the Netherlands | instrument of repression |
| Colfax massacre | political violence |
| Emacs state | Evil state |
| Operation Condor | state terror program |
| Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) | political violence |
| Backe Plan | starvation policy |
| Cultivation System | forced labor system |
| Reich Office for Spatial Planning | Nazi institution |
| HungerPlan | starvation policy |
| CommissarOrderImplementation | Nazi policy implementation |
| assassination attempts on Charles de Gaulle | political violence |
| Gulag system | system of forced labor camps |
| Einsatzgruppen | death squad |
| Aryanization of Jewish property | state-organized theft |
| Red Terror campaign in Ethiopia | state terrorism |
| Reich Office for Economic Expansion | Nazi institution |
| Nazi judicial system | component of totalitarian state |
| La Violencia | political violence |
| Decossackization | political violence |
| Gleichschaltung | totalitarian control mechanism |