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nepotarchy

nepotarchy noun: a government run by multiple members of the same family.

Noun

nepotarchy (plural nepotarchies)

  1. A government run by multiple members of the same family.
    • But what Mr. Dudman said last February about the unpopularity of the repressive Diem family nepotarchy, and the problems of bringing democracy to Saigon and winning the war against the Communist guerrillas, has been amply supported by what has transpired in the last 8 months.1963 October, “Closed Door to Vietnam”, in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Forms of nepotarchy

pluralnepotarchies

Origin of nepotarchy

From Latin nepōs + -archia, coined by American journalist Richard Dudman in February of 1963. By surface analysis, nepotism + -archy.

Questions about nepotarchy

What does nepotarchy mean?
Nepotarchy means a government run by multiple members of the same family.
What part of speech is nepotarchy?
Nepotarchy is a noun.
What is the plural of nepotarchy?
The plural of nepotarchy is nepotarchies.

Words near nepotarchy in the dictionary

  1. nepocide
  2. nepomorphan
  3. nepomorphans
  4. Neporatan
  5. nepotal
  6. nepotarchy
  7. nepotation
  8. nepotations
  9. nepotic
  10. nepotically
  11. nepoticidal

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