pantisocracy
/ˌpæntaɪˈsɒkɹəsi/
pantisocracy noun: a utopian social system in which every member participates equally in government.
Noun
pantisocracy (countable and uncountable, plural pantisocracies)
- A utopian social system in which every member participates equally in government.
- We preached Pantisocracy and Aspheterism everywhere. These, Tom, are two new words, the first signifying the equal government of all, and the other the generalisation of individual property; words well understood in the city of Bristol.Robert Southey ([1849?]), chapter III, in Charles Cuthbert Southey, editor, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 75
- Coleridge, too, had left Cambridge and was at Bristol, drawn thither by his newly formed friendship with Southey, lecturing, writing, dreaming of his ideal Pantisocracy on the banks of the Susquehannah and love-making.1883, Anne Gilchrist, Mary Lamb
Forms of pantisocracy
| plural | pantisocracies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Pantisocracy |
| alternative form (archaic) | pantisocrasy |
Origin of pantisocracy
From pant(o)- (“all-”) + isocracy.
Words formed from pantisocracy
Questions about pantisocracy
- What does pantisocracy mean?
- Pantisocracy means a utopian social system in which every member participates equally in government.
- What part of speech is pantisocracy?
- Pantisocracy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pantisocracy?
- Pantisocracy is pronounced /ˌpæntaɪˈsɒkɹəsi/.
- What is the plural of pantisocracy?
- The plural of pantisocracy is pantisocracies.
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