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kakistocrats

kakistocrats is the plural of kakistocrat.

Meaning of kakistocrat

Noun

kakistocrat (plural kakistocrats)

  1. A very ill-qualified ruler; a member of a kakistocracy.
    • On the other hand, should the kakistocrats in Iran stick with the name of expediency to describe their power brokers?2009 July 12, William Safire, “Newswords”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021

Questions about kakistocrats

What is kakistocrats the plural of?
Kakistocrats is the plural of kakistocrat.

Words near kakistocrats in the dictionary

  1. kakis
  2. kakistocracies
  3. kakistocracy
  4. kakistocrat
  5. kakistocratic
  6. kakistocrats
  7. kakivak
  8. kakivaks
  9. kakizome
  10. kakkak
  11. kakkalide

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