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demoicracy

/dɪˈmɔɪkɹəsi/

demoicracy noun: rule by multiple distinct people.

Noun

demoicracy (countable and uncountable, plural demoicracies)

  1. (uncountable) Rule by multiple distinct people.
    • The European demoicracy is predicated on the mutual recognition of the many European identities — not on their merger.2006, Joel Krieger, Globalization and State Power: A Reader, Longman, →ISBN
    • That our scholarly conceptualisations of the EU–as a community of law, as a demoicracy, as a post-national sui generis polity–are also in need of a radical rethink.2014, Nicole Scicluna, European Union Constitutionalism in Crisis, Routledge, →ISBN, page 1

Forms of demoicracy

pluraldemoicracies

Origin of demoicracy

From Ancient Greek δῆμοι (dêmoi, “peoples”) + -cracy.

Questions about demoicracy

What does demoicracy mean?
Demoicracy means rule by multiple distinct people.
What part of speech is demoicracy?
Demoicracy is a noun.
How do you pronounce demoicracy?
Demoicracy is pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪkɹəsi/.
What is the plural of demoicracy?
The plural of demoicracy is demoicracies.

Words near demoicracy in the dictionary

  1. demography
  2. demogroup
  3. demogroups
  4. demoi
  5. demoicracies
  6. demoicracy
  7. demoing
  8. demoiselle
  9. demoiselle crane
  10. demoiselle cranes
  11. demoiselles

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