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ethnocracies

ethnocracies is the plural of ethnocracy.

Meaning of ethnocracy

Noun

ethnocracy (countable and uncountable, plural ethnocracies)

  1. A form of government in which a particular ethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of government power.
    • In this sense, ethnocracy as a socio-political regime is outcome of ethnonationalism, that brand of nationalism that views the nation as a "natural" and ethnically "pure" community, as opposed to its liberal conceptualisation as a community based on equal rights and duties.2005, Paul Dresch, Monarchies and Nations, →ISBN, page 119

Questions about ethnocracies

What is ethnocracies the plural of?
Ethnocracies is the plural of ethnocracy.

Words near ethnocracies in the dictionary

  1. ethnoclass
  2. ethnoclasses
  3. ethnoclassification
  4. ethnoclassifications
  5. ethnoconfessional
  6. ethnocracies
  7. ethnocracy
  8. ethnocrat
  9. ethnocratic
  10. ethnocratically
  11. ethnocrats

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