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slavocracy

slavocracy noun: the persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.

Noun

slavocracy (plural slavocracies)

  1. (US, historical) The persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
    • This pressure brought the Southern slavocracy into conflict with Northern business interests. Slaveowners precipitated a war to defend the slave system and its accompanying way of life.1993, Melvin M. Leiman, Political Economy of Racism, Pluto Press, →ISBN, page 35
    • Close on their heels was any Texan who had ever said a word against the slaveocracy, or the cotton men, or was suspected of voting for Lincoln.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 440

Forms of slavocracy

pluralslavocracies
alternative formslaveocracy

Origin of slavocracy

From slave + -o- + -cracy.

Questions about slavocracy

What does slavocracy mean?
Slavocracy means the persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
What part of speech is slavocracy?
Slavocracy is a noun.
What is the plural of slavocracy?
The plural of slavocracy is slavocracies.

Words near slavocracy in the dictionary

  1. Slavko
  2. slavkovite
  3. Slavness
  4. Slavo-
  5. slavocracies
  6. slavocracy
  7. slavocrat
  8. slavocratic
  9. slavocrats
  10. Slavoid
  11. Slavoidism

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