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dumbocracies

dumbocracies is the plural of dumbocracy.

Meaning of dumbocracy

Noun

dumbocracy (usually uncountable, plural dumbocracies)

  1. (derogatory, slang, usually) A democracy, particularly an ineffective or dysfunctional one.
    • Democratic Hot Shot from a Republican Standpoint. Don’t vote for [George Hunt] Pendleton and poverty. The dumbocracy and aristocracy all support Pendleton and poverty. […] The Democracy are economical. That’s the reason they fail to pay the interest on the State debt, and pocketed the cash instead....1869 September 30, “Democratic Hot Shot from a Republican Standpoint”, in John T. Raper, editor, The Vinton Record, volume 20, number 6 (whole 995), McArthur, Oh., →ISSN, page [2], column 3

Questions about dumbocracies

What is dumbocracies the plural of?
Dumbocracies is the plural of dumbocracy.

Words near dumbocracies in the dictionary

  1. dumbo ear
  2. dumbo ears
  3. dumbo octopus
  4. dumbo octopuses
  5. dumbo-eared
  6. dumbocracies
  7. dumbocracy
  8. Dumbocrap
  9. Dumbocraps
  10. dumbocrat
  11. dumbocrats

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