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lottocracy

lottocracy noun: demarchy.

Noun

lottocracy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Demarchy.
    • Coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim, a demarchy, or lottocracy, is a form of government in which the state is governed by randomly selected decision makers who have been selected from a pool of eligible citizens.2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo

Origin of lottocracy

From lotto + -cracy.

Questions about lottocracy

What does lottocracy mean?
Lottocracy means demarchy.
What part of speech is lottocracy?
Lottocracy is a noun.

Words near lottocracy in the dictionary

  1. Lottie
  2. lottiid
  3. lottiids
  4. lotting
  5. lotto
  6. lottocracy
  7. lottocratic
  8. lottomania
  9. lottos
  10. Lotts
  11. lotucaine

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