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dulocracy

dulocracy noun: a government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer; predominance of slaves.

Noun

dulocracy (countable and uncountable, plural dulocracies)

  1. A government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer; predominance of slaves.
    • Or must the country passively submit to that dulocracy in politics which has become a stigma upon the nation, and a shame to the intelligence of the people?1855, Jam. Gord Bennett, Memoirs of Jam. Gord. Bennett and his Times: By a Journalist
    • In a dulocracy who are the slaves?1970, Maurice Duggan, O'Leary's orchard and other stories, page 165

Forms of dulocracy

pluraldulocracies
alternative formdoulocracy

Origin of dulocracy

From Ancient Greek δουλοκρατία (doulokratía), from δοῦλος (doûlos, “servant, slave, thrall”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “rule”).

Questions about dulocracy

What does dulocracy mean?
Dulocracy means a government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer; predominance of slaves.
What part of speech is dulocracy?
Dulocracy is a noun.
What is the plural of dulocracy?
The plural of dulocracy is dulocracies.

Words near dulocracy in the dictionary

  1. dullwittedness
  2. dully
  3. dulness
  4. dulnesses
  5. dulocracies
  6. dulocracy
  7. Duloe
  8. dulofibrate
  9. Dulong
  10. Dulongs
  11. dulosis

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