ocracy
ocracy noun: any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy.
Noun
ocracy (plural ocracies)
- Any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy.
- The reason is that you have polities, but other states are mere aggregations of men dwelling together, which are named after their several ruling powers; whereas a state, if an 'ocracy' at all, should be called a theocracy.1871, Plato, translated by B. Jowett, The Dialogues of Plato, volume 4, page 53
- He thundered away about lawsuits and judgments in the High Court of Justice, about disputes with the Court of Chancery, [...] about the insufficiency of the currency, about official aristocracy and all other "ocracies" in the world, from King Nebuchadnezzar down to Peter Solvold's democracy.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 250
Forms of ocracy
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Words formed from ocracy
Questions about ocracy
- What does ocracy mean?
- Ocracy means any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy.
- What part of speech is ocracy?
- Ocracy is a noun.
- What is the plural of ocracy?
- The plural of ocracy is ocracies.
Words near ocracy in the dictionary
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