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crony democracy

crony democracy noun: a political system where it's apparently democratic with representative democracy and elections but actually it's run by mutually beneficial relationships between politicians and business owners.

Noun

crony democracy (plural crony democracies)

  1. A political system where it's apparently democratic with representative democracy and elections but actually it's run by mutually beneficial relationships between politicians and business owners.

Forms of crony democracy

pluralcrony democracies

Questions about crony democracy

What does crony democracy mean?
Crony democracy means a political system where it's apparently democratic with representative democracy and elections but actually it's run by mutually beneficial relationships between politicians and business owners.
What part of speech is crony democracy?
Crony democracy is a noun.
What is the plural of crony democracy?
The plural of crony democracy is crony democracies.

Words near crony democracy in the dictionary

  1. cronut
  2. cronuts
  3. crony
  4. crony capitalism
  5. crony capitalisms
  6. crony democracy
  7. cronydom
  8. cronyish
  9. cronyism
  10. cronyisms
  11. cronyist

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