Petty authority [also: "petty tyranny" or, colloquially "petty power"] is authority exercised by a
leaderLeadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”...
, frequently unchosen by the led, in a relatively limited or intimate environment, such as that exercised by a
teacherIn education, a teacher is a person who educates others. A teacher who educates an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor....
over students in a classroom. It is a
pejorativePejoratives are terms which have a negative connotation. Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually be adopted in a non-pejorative sense...
term, that carries with it a sense of authority that was gained, or is used, in an unfair or capricious manner.
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Petty authority [also: "petty tyranny" or, colloquially "petty power"] is authority exercised by a
leaderLeadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”...
, frequently unchosen by the led, in a relatively limited or intimate environment, such as that exercised by a
teacherIn education, a teacher is a person who educates others. A teacher who educates an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor....
over students in a classroom. It is a
pejorativePejoratives are terms which have a negative connotation. Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually be adopted in a non-pejorative sense...
term, that carries with it a sense of authority that was gained, or is used, in an unfair or capricious manner.
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