demagocracy
demagocracy noun: rule by demagogues.
Noun
demagocracy (plural demagocracies)
- Rule by demagogues.
- The demagocracy, (an uncouth term for a very uncouth thing,) first in this row of fated destiny, against which the Civil-service Reform Association is forming its ranks, is happily the easiest to overcome1881 October, D. D. Whedon, editor, The Methodist Review, page 790
- The simians would require no special orientation courses to teach them the reasons for fighting, such as, “To make the world safe for Demagocracy,” or whatnot.1959, H. G. Coulter, Time for Rebellion: A Play and Preface, page 14
Examples of demagocracy in a sentence
- I would argue that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' )1964, The journal of Asian studies, volume 24, page 309:
- According to Tetens, this could never result in democracy, but in the rule of demagogues. i.e. a 'demagocracy'2011, Bertel Nygaard, “Rousseau and Revolution in the Making of a Modern Political Culture: Denmark 1750-1850”, in Holger Ross Lauritsen...
Forms of demagocracy
| plural | demagocracies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | demagogracy |
| alternative form | demogogracy |
Origin of demagocracy
From demagogue + -cracy.
Words that rhyme with demagocracy
- democracy
- bureaucracy
- aristocracy
- autocracy
- corpocracy
- critocracy
- czarocracy
- demonocracy
- dollarocracy
- hierocracy
- idiocracy
- pornocracy
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- thalassocracy
- adhocracy
- albocracy
- algocracy
- Americanocracy
- androcracy
- argentocracy
- arithmocracy
- atheocracy
- athletocracy
- blobocracy
- boobocracy
- chirocracy
- chrysocracy
- clericocracy
- clerocracy
- corporatocracy
- corruptocracy
- cosmocracy
- cottonocracy
- cryptocracy
- cyberocracy
- despotocracy
- ecclesiocracy
- ecocracy
- economocracy
- elitocracy
- ephebocracy
- familiocracy
- foolocracy
- geniocracy
- ideocracy
- idiocrasy
- infantocracy
- kludgeocracy
- mediocracy
- merocracy
- xerocracy
Questions about demagocracy
- What does demagocracy mean?
- Demagocracy means rule by demagogues.
- How do you use demagocracy in a sentence?
- I would argue that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' )
- What part of speech is demagocracy?
- Demagocracy is a noun.
- What is the plural of demagocracy?
- The plural of demagocracy is demagocracies.
Words near demagocracy in the dictionary
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