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personocracy

personocracy noun: a more participatory form of democracy, intended to care for every person and not just the majority.

Noun

personocracy (uncountable)

  1. A more participatory form of democracy, intended to care for every person and not just the majority.
    • Personocracy, unlike democracy, cares for each and every person and not just for the majority.1996, Bill Metcalf, William James Metcalf, Shared Visions, Shared Lives: Communal Living Around the Globe
    • The main characteristic of personocracy is that it "promotes the participation of all members in governmental decision[s]" while showing "the same concern for the individual members of our community as the Personalized System of Instruction shows for individual students".2010, Hilke Kuhlman, Living Walden Two, page 154

Origin of personocracy

From person + -o- + -cracy.

Questions about personocracy

What does personocracy mean?
Personocracy means a more participatory form of democracy, intended to care for every person and not just the majority.
What part of speech is personocracy?
Personocracy is a noun.

Words near personocracy in the dictionary

  1. personnelmen
  2. personnels
  3. personness
  4. personning
  5. personocentric
  6. personocracy
  7. personogenic
  8. personological
  9. personologically
  10. personologist
  11. personologists

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