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contractocracies

contractocracies is the plural of contractocracy.

Meaning of contractocracy

Noun

contractocracy (plural contractocracies)

  1. (pejorative, usually) The routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular government employees, often with the implication that the contractors are ineffective and simply enriching themselves due to government corruption.
    • There are several dissimilarities, however, between classical Underdevelopment Theory and some of the leading theoreticians of the contractocracy school in Nigeria.1986, Peter R. Lawrence, World Recession and the Food Crisis in Africa, →ISBN, page 43

Questions about contractocracies

What is contractocracies the plural of?
Contractocracies is the plural of contractocracy.

Words near contractocracies in the dictionary

  1. contractivity
  2. contractless
  3. contractnik
  4. contractniki
  5. contractniks
  6. contractocracies
  7. contractocracy
  8. contractor
  9. contractor combatant
  10. contractor combatants
  11. contractor's saw

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