kludgeocracy
UK/klʌd͡ʒˈɒ.kɹə.si/US/klʌd͡ʒˈɑ.kɹə.si/
kludgeocracy noun: a government characterized by complex, inefficient, and ad-hoc solutions to problems.
Noun
kludgeocracy (countable and uncountable, plural kludgeocracies)
- A government characterized by complex, inefficient, and ad-hoc solutions to problems.
- Neither party is immune from the costs of policy complexity: the interests of both liberals and conservatives are ill-served by kludgeocracy.2012 December, Steven M. Teles, “Kludgeocracy: The American Way of Policy”, in New America Foundation, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2024
- Teles suggests that our kludgeocracies be scrubbed clean of regulatory language that obscures rather than enlightens.2014 April 20, John Sweeney, “Fixes: Too many cooks spoil the soup and too many chiefs spoil the schools”, in Sunday News Journal, 39th year, number 16, Wilmington, Del., page A16, column 4
Examples of kludgeocracy in a sentence
- Despite the complexity and hidden difficulties in our “kludgeocracy,” much can be achieved.2016, Ronald R. Sims, William I. Sauser, Sheri K. Bias, editors, Transforming Government Organizations: Fresh Ideas and Examples from the...
- Mike Lind may not agree with much of what is in this book, but his support for Steve's writing on kludgeocracy is a major influence on this book’s argument.2017, Brink Lindsey, Steven M. Teles, The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality...
Forms of kludgeocracy
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Origin of kludgeocracy
From kludge + -ocracy. Coined by Steven M. Teles in 2012.
Words that rhyme with kludgeocracy
- democracy
- bureaucracy
- aristocracy
- autocracy
- corpocracy
- critocracy
- czarocracy
- demonocracy
- dollarocracy
- hierocracy
- idiocracy
- pornocracy
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- thalassocracy
- adhocracy
- albocracy
- algocracy
- Americanocracy
- androcracy
- argentocracy
- arithmocracy
- atheocracy
- athletocracy
- blobocracy
- boobocracy
- chirocracy
- chrysocracy
- clericocracy
- clerocracy
- corporatocracy
- corruptocracy
- cosmocracy
- cottonocracy
- cryptocracy
- cyberocracy
- demagocracy
- despotocracy
- ecclesiocracy
- ecocracy
- economocracy
- elitocracy
- ephebocracy
- familiocracy
- foolocracy
- geniocracy
- ideocracy
- idiocrasy
- infantocracy
- mediocracy
- merocracy
- xerocracy
Questions about kludgeocracy
- What does kludgeocracy mean?
- Kludgeocracy means a government characterized by complex, inefficient, and ad-hoc solutions to problems.
- How do you use kludgeocracy in a sentence?
- Despite the complexity and hidden difficulties in our “kludgeocracy,” much can be achieved.
- What part of speech is kludgeocracy?
- Kludgeocracy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kludgeocracy?
- Kludgeocracy is pronounced /klʌd͡ʒˈɒ.kɹə.si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kludgeocracy?
- The plural of kludgeocracy is kludgeocracies.
Words near kludgeocracy in the dictionary
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