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athletocracy

athletocracy noun: the situation where students involved in sports are treated better than those who are not.

Noun

athletocracy (countable and uncountable, plural athletocracies)

  1. (derogatory) The situation where students involved in sports are treated better than those who are not.

Forms of athletocracy

pluralathletocracies

Origin of athletocracy

From athlete + -o- + -cracy.

Words that rhyme with athletocracy

38 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about athletocracy

What does athletocracy mean?
Athletocracy means the situation where students involved in sports are treated better than those who are not.
What part of speech is athletocracy?
Athletocracy is a noun.
What is the plural of athletocracy?
The plural of athletocracy is athletocracies.

Words near athletocracy in the dictionary

  1. athleticwear
  2. athletism
  3. athletize
  4. athletized
  5. athletocracies
  6. athletocracy
  7. Athlone
  8. athlothete
  9. athlothetes
  10. Athlumney
  11. athodyd

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