juvenocracy
juvenocracy noun: government by youth.
Noun
juvenocracy (countable and uncountable, plural juvenocracies)
- Government by youth.
- While we write, that Advent is in progress! It is the Advent of Youth—Juvenocracy in the ascendant! A flowery arch spans the breadth of Broadway, and under it winds, at this moment, the procession in honor of first maturity—manhood in youth! It scarce needed, it is true, that the world should be...1845, N[athaniel] P[arker] Willis, “Part IV; Ephemera”, in Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil, New York, N.Y.: […] Burgess, Stringer, & Co., […], page 151, column 2
- This regnum juventi is the curse of our country and our age. It lays us aside, and it threatens to retire the naval and military branches of the Government on a pension! Fifty-three years is the limit of a naval officer’s active fighting or exploring life, recommended by the young men, and about...1882 July 9, E. F., ““Juvenomania.” A Protest Against the Too Early Retirement of Efficient Officers on “Account of Age.””, in New-York Tribune, volume XLII, number 13,020, New York, N.Y., page 10...
- Antonyms:
- gerontocracy
Examples of juvenocracy in a sentence
- It is the Advent of Youth—Juvenocracy in the ascendant!1845, N[athaniel] P[arker] Willis, “Part IV; Ephemera”, in Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil, New York, N.Y.: […] Burgess, Stringer, & Co....
- What are we to do with this tyrannical Juvenocracy? […] Chancellor Kent wrote his commentaries after he had been “retired” from the bench, I believe, at the age of sixty-five, by the “Juvenocracy.”1882 July 9, E. F., ““Juvenomania.” A Protest Against the Too Early Retirement of Efficient Officers on “Account of Age.””, in New-York...
- ,‘JUVENOCRACY” IS COLLEGE FAILING […] “It is a new reign of juvenocracy,” said Dr.1925 September 28, Lewiston Evening Journal, Lewiston, Me., page 12, column 5:
- Officials Enjoy Rest As Young People Rule Over Borough for Day / Brooklyn is a juvenocracy today.1937 April 29, The Brooklyn Citizen, volume C, number 101, Brooklyn, N.Y., page one, column 5:
Antonyms of juvenocracy
Forms of juvenocracy
| plural | juvenocracies |
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Origin of juvenocracy
From juveno- + -cracy.
Questions about juvenocracy
- What does juvenocracy mean?
- Juvenocracy means government by youth.
- How do you use juvenocracy in a sentence?
- It is the Advent of Youth—Juvenocracy in the ascendant!
- What part of speech is juvenocracy?
- Juvenocracy is a noun.
- What is the plural of juvenocracy?
- The plural of juvenocracy is juvenocracies.
Words near juvenocracy in the dictionary
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