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pedophocracy

pedophocracy noun: a social structure that enables pedophilia among the powerful and provides mechanisms for keeping it secret.

Noun

pedophocracy (plural pedophocracies)

  1. A social structure that enables pedophilia among the powerful and provides mechanisms for keeping it secret.
    • (see title)2001, David McGowan, The Pedophocracy
    • You live in a pedophocracy. As a former Italian minister said, the EU was set up to make paedophilia easier.2008 September 6, krp, “elizabeth loftus and Steve Morgan's whacky world of "science."”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet)

Examples of pedophocracy in a sentence

  • We live in a "pedophocracy", to quote the name of an article on the subject.2008 September 6, Stephen Morgan, “elizabeth loftus”, in soc.men (Usenet):
  • In fact, I bet it won't be long before the Vatican relocates here, relieved and happy to finally find a haven for its priestly pedophocracy.2011, Matthew St. Amand, Shut Up & Keep Shopping, →ISBN, page 208:

Forms of pedophocracy

pluralpedophocracies

Origin of pedophocracy

From pedophile + -o- + -cracy. Coined by David McGowan in his 2001 book by that name.

Questions about pedophocracy

What does pedophocracy mean?
Pedophocracy means a social structure that enables pedophilia among the powerful and provides mechanisms for keeping it secret.
How do you use pedophocracy in a sentence?
We live in a "pedophocracy", to quote the name of an article on the subject.
What part of speech is pedophocracy?
Pedophocracy is a noun.
What is the plural of pedophocracy?
The plural of pedophocracy is pedophocracies.

Words near pedophocracy in the dictionary

  1. pedophobe
  2. pedophobes
  3. pedophobia
  4. pedophobic
  5. pedophocracies
  6. pedophocracy
  7. pedopsychiatric
  8. pedopsychiatrist
  9. pedopsychiatrists
  10. pedopsychiatry
  11. pedopsychology

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