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arithmocracies

arithmocracies is the plural of arithmocracy.

Meaning of arithmocracy

Noun

arithmocracy (usually uncountable, plural arithmocracies)

  1. (usually) A form of government where decisions are made based purely on the numerical majority of supporters.
    • And we shall probably find that arithmocracies are more amenable to sentiment than reason, less susceptible of serious and sustained purpose, more open to the disintegrating forces of disunion, and have a tendency to divide and sub-divide into countless cliques with discordant interests.1909, The Westminster Review, volume 172, page 330

Questions about arithmocracies

What is arithmocracies the plural of?
Arithmocracies is the plural of arithmocracy.

Words near arithmocracies in the dictionary

  1. arithmetize
  2. arithmetized
  3. arithmetizes
  4. arithmetizing
  5. arithmo-
  6. arithmocracies
  7. arithmocracy
  8. arithmocratic
  9. arithmogram
  10. arithmograms
  11. Arithmograph

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