demonocracy
demonocracy noun: a government by or of (supernatural) demons, such as the government which in some mythologies exists in Hell.
Noun
demonocracy (countable and uncountable, plural demonocracies)
- A government by or of (supernatural) demons, such as the government which in some mythologies exists in Hell.
- Demonocracy, the Government of Devils ...1717, Elisha Coles, An English Dictionary - Explaining the Difficult Terms
- Thus we see, that while the theological and doctrinal poet inaugurated male supremacy in the person of the godhead in heaven, of humanity on earth, and of demonocracy in hell, so did the philosopher propound the universal prevalence, and irresistable omnipotence, of the male principle throughout...1848, Frances Wright, England, The Civilizer: Her History Developed in its Principles
- A democracy. (when regarded as resulting in, or being no better than, a government run by figurative demons (i.e., malevolent people), or when otherwise held in contempt).
- Tuning in, turning on, and dropping out are the politics of demonocracy, the counsel of despair leaving the field to adversaries, […]1971, Sidney J. Slomich, The American Nightmare, page 206
- Oppose and disagree, destroy demonocracy.2005-06, Matthew Bellamy, "Assassin", Black Holes and Revelations
Examples of demonocracy in a sentence
- […] a magic book printed in 1612, in which the various dignitaries of the demonocracy are described according to their rank and position.1904, Julius Goebel, “The Etymology of Mephistopheles”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume...
- The effect of demonocracy in the wide world has become clear to you in some of the cases of the individual defendants.2014, Bob Carruthers (editor), The Gestapo on Trial - Evidence from Nuremberg, page 303:
Forms of demonocracy
| plural | demonocracies |
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Origin of demonocracy
From demono- + -cracy. The second sense is a pun on democracy. First use appears c. 1713.
Words that rhyme with demonocracy
- democracy
- bureaucracy
- aristocracy
- autocracy
- corpocracy
- critocracy
- czarocracy
- dollarocracy
- hierocracy
- idiocracy
- pornocracy
- thalassocracy
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- adhocracy
- albocracy
- algocracy
- Americanocracy
- androcracy
- argentocracy
- arithmocracy
- atheocracy
- athletocracy
- blobocracy
- boobocracy
- chirocracy
- chrysocracy
- clericocracy
- clerocracy
- corporatocracy
- corruptocracy
- cosmocracy
- cottonocracy
- cryptocracy
- cyberocracy
- demagocracy
- despotocracy
- ecclesiocracy
- ecocracy
- economocracy
- elitocracy
- ephebocracy
- familiocracy
- foolocracy
- geniocracy
- ideocracy
- idiocrasy
- infantocracy
- kludgeocracy
- mediocracy
- merocracy
- xerocracy
Questions about demonocracy
- What does demonocracy mean?
- Demonocracy means a government by or of (supernatural) demons, such as the government which in some mythologies exists in Hell.
- How do you use demonocracy in a sentence?
- […] a magic book printed in 1612, in which the various dignitaries of the demonocracy are described according to their rank and position.
- What part of speech is demonocracy?
- Demonocracy is a noun.
- What is the plural of demonocracy?
- The plural of demonocracy is demonocracies.
Words near demonocracy in the dictionary
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