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60 words ending with –cracy When you’re tracing the etymology of a word, you’ll find that many roads lead to Greek. A large amount of English word do have their origins in the Hellenic language, although they might’ve entered the English via other routes. We have already looked at words ending with Greek –phobia, so this time we turn our attention to another word of Greek origin that has produced many words used in English. The combining form –cracy denotes a particular form of government, rule, or influence, and originates in the Greek –kratia, meaning ‘power, rule’. The suffix – cracy did not, however, find its way into English directly via Greek, but has rather been borrowed from French –cratie. While browsing the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), we found a large number of words using –cracy. Some of them, like democracy, are in frequent use, and will doubtlessly be wellknown to you. Others, like logocracy, may be more obscure – or they might’ve even entered the language as nonce words. But read through the list below to see whether you’ll find some new terms to add to your vocabulary.

NAME

FORM OF GOVERNMENT, RULE, OR INFLUENCE

adhocracy

A flexible and informal style of organization and management

albocracy

Government by white-skinned people, usually entailing discrimination against those of other colours

androcracy

The rule of man or the male

angelocracy

A government by angels

argentocracy

The rule or paramount influence of money

aristocracy

The government of a state by its best citizens

arithmocracy

A form of government in which the power is vested in the simply numerical majority

autocracy

Government by one person with absolute power

barbarocracy

Government or rule by barbarians

bureaucracy

Government by officials

chrysocracy

Rule of the wealthy

corpocracy

Corporate governance

cottonocracy

The class who have risen to wealth through the cotton trade

democracy

Government by the people

demonocracy

Government or rule by demons

despotocracy

Government by a despot

diabolocracy

Government or rule by the Devil or devils

dulocracy

Government by slaves

Eurocracy

Government by Europeans of a country or region outside Europe

ergatocracy

Government by the workers

gerontocracy

The system of government by old men

gynaecocrac y

Government by a woman or women

hagiocracy

A government or sovereignty of persons esteemed holy

hetaerocracy

The rule of fellows (of a college)

hierocracy

The rule of priests or religious dignitaries

ideocracy

Governance of a state according to the principles of a particular (political) ideology

idiocracy

Personal rule or government

infantocracy

The rule of an infant

isocracy

A system of government in which all the people possess equal political power

Jesuitocracy

The rule or government of Jesuits.

juntocracy

Government by a junto

kakistocracy

The government of a state by the worst citizens

kleptocracy

Government by thieves

logocracy

A community or system of government in which words are the ruling powers

mediacracy

The (supposed) dominance of the mass media over society through its powerful influence upon government

meritocracy

Government or the holding of power by people chosen on the basis of merit (as opposed to wealth, social class, etc.)

millocracy

The rule of mill owners

mobocracy

Government by a mob

moneyocracy

The moneyed class as a dominant political force

monocracy

Government by a single person

narcocracy

A government or state dominated by a group of people whose wealth derives from the trade in illegal drugs

nomocracy

A system of government based on a legal code

ochlocracy

Government by the populace

pedantocracy

A system of government by pedants

phallocracy

A society dominated by males

physiocracy

Government according to the doctrine of the physiocrats

pigmentocrac y

A system of social or class distinction based on skin colour

plutocracy

Government by the wealthy

polycracy

Government by the many

pornocracy

Rule by prostitutes

psephocracy

The form of government which results from the election of representatives by ballot

ptochocracy

A government elected by or consisting of the poor

punditocracy

Elite members of the news media

slavocracy

The domination of slave-holders

snobocracy

The class of snobs

sociocracy

A system of government by or for the benefit of society as a whole

stratocracy

Government by the army

technocracy

Government or control by an elite of technical experts

thalassocracy

Mastery at sea

theocracy

A form of government in which God (or a deity) is recognized as the king or immediate ruler

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Ther ear e159wor dst hatendwi t hCRACY. → 26l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy:

 acracy  -ocracy l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy: → 48-

   

anocracy isocracy neocracy noocracy

l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy: → 279-

                          

ad-hocracy albocracy burocracy cacocracy Democracy dulocracy Eurocracy femocracy gunocracy gynocracy hypocracy ideocracy idiocracy infocracy kakocracy logocracy lotacracy mobocracy monocracy nomocracy oilocracy panocracy polycracy synocracy timocracy webocracy xerocracy

→ 4410l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy:

                                   

acreocracy androcracy atheocracy bankocracy beerocracy boobocracy chumocracy cockocracy corpocracy czarocracy dotmocracy doulocracy e-democracy ethnocracy geniocracy Geniocracy gyneocracy hagiocracy hierocracy jockocracy juntocracy kratocracy lottocracy maleocracy mediacracy mediocracy millocracy narcocracy necrocracy paedocracy pantocracy particracy partocracy pathocracy polyocracy pornocracy

       

Pornocracy slavocracy snobocracy sociocracy statocracy teleocracy thugocracy videocracy

→ 3311l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy:

                      

albinocracy angelocracy bigotocracy chrysocracy cleptocracy clickocracy cryptocracy epistocracy ergatocracy gynecocracy heterocracy ineptocracy Islamocracy kleptocracy moneyocracy mullahcracy neontocracy partyocracy phallocracy pharmacracy physiocracy plantocracy proctocracy

l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy: → 3311-

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… psephocracy ptochocracy quangocracy

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securocracy slaveocracy sneerocracy snobbocracy spookocracy technocracy Venetocracy

l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy: → 2912-

                            

argentocracy assholocracy barbarocracy bureau-ocracy cacistocracy clericocracy cottonocracy despotocracy ecodemocracy expertocracy gynaecocracy gynæcocracy infantocracy Jesuitocracy nondemocracy pantisocracy partitocracy pedantocracy pedophocracy prodemocracy punditocracy scientocracy squattocracy tandemocracy tellurocracy thanatocracy theatrocracy trapezocracy tycoonocracy

→ 713l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy:

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antidemocracy ecclesiocracy khakistocracy pigmentocracy teledemocracy thalassocracy thalattocracy

→ 514l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy:

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antiplutocracy corporatocracy cyberdemocracy plutodemocracy superdemocracy

→ 615l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy:

     

antiaristocracy antibureaucracy antimeritocracy aristodemocracy philosophocracy pseudodemocracy

→ 116l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy:

 narcokleptocracy → 117l et t erwor dsendi ngwi t hcr acy:

 technobureaucracy...