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According to Wikipedia, “power distance” is the extent to which the lower ranking individuals of a society "accept and expect that power is distributed unequally".
Which terms should I pick in translating “power distance”?
Looks like people who are good at sociology mainly use 権力格差, which I feel is reasonable and intuitive. 距離 is too literal. "Power distance index" would be 権力格差指数.
A somewhat casual but easy-to-understand definition would be something like "(下側から見た時の)上下関係の強さ/厳しさ/受容度".
