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demarchies

demarchies is the plural of demarchy.

Meaning of demarchy

Noun

demarchy (countable and uncountable, plural demarchies)

  1. Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
    • In his recent book Is Democracy Possible? (1985) John Burnheim advocates a system that he calls ‘demarchy’, with striking resemblances to classical democracy. […] This is more significant for demarchies administering manufacturing processes, but would affect them all to some extent.1993, W. Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell, Towards a New Socialism, pages 163-164, 168
    Synonyms:
    lottocracy

Questions about demarchies

What is demarchies the plural of?
Demarchies is the plural of demarchy.

Words near demarchies in the dictionary

  1. demarch
  2. demarche
  3. demarches
  4. DeMarchi
  5. demarchic
  6. demarchies
  7. DeMarchis
  8. demarchs
  9. demarchy
  10. DeMarco
  11. Demarcos

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