paedocracy
paedocracy noun: rule by children.
Noun
paedocracy (countable and uncountable, plural paedocracies)
- Rule by children.
- Paedocracy too often functions within the industry not to explain the audience, but to explain them away, to contain their potential threat, to render obvious their need for protection, regulation, rule. The contradictions of recent sitcoms can be traced to the contradictions of TV paedocracy.2012, Doyle Greene, Teens, TV and Tunes: The Manufacturing of American Adolescent Culture
- Synonyms:
- infantocracy
Synonyms of paedocracy
Forms of paedocracy
| plural | paedocracies |
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Origin of paedocracy
From paedo- + -cracy.
Questions about paedocracy
- What does paedocracy mean?
- Paedocracy means rule by children.
- What part of speech is paedocracy?
- Paedocracy is a noun.
- What is the plural of paedocracy?
- The plural of paedocracy is paedocracies.
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