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kakistocracies

Syllables: ka·kis·to·cra·ciesUK/kakɪsˈtɒkɹəsɪz/US/kækɪsˈtɑkɹəsiz/

kakistocracies is the plural of kakistocracy.

Meaning of kakistocracy

Noun

kakistocracy (plural kakistocracies)

  1. Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.
    • Therefore we need not make any scruple of praying against […] those restlesse spirits who can no longer live, then be stickling and medling; who are stung with a perpetuall itch of changing and innovating, transforming our old Hierarchy into a new Presbytery, and this againe into a newer...1644, Paul Gosnold, A sermon preached at the publique fast the ninth day of Aug. 1644 at St. Maries, Oxford, Early English Books Online

Forms of kakistocracies

alternative formcacistocracies

Questions about kakistocracies

What is kakistocracies the plural of?
Kakistocracies is the plural of kakistocracy.
How do you pronounce kakistocracies?
Kakistocracies is pronounced /kakɪsˈtɒkɹəsɪz/ (UK).

Words near kakistocracies in the dictionary

  1. kakiemon
  2. kakies
  3. Kakinada
  4. Kakinandiwada
  5. kakis
  6. kakistocracies
  7. kakistocracy
  8. kakistocrat
  9. kakistocratic
  10. kakistocrats
  11. kakivak

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