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xenocracy

xenocracy noun: government or rule by foreigners.

Noun

xenocracy (uncountable)

  1. Government or rule by foreigners.
    • On another page he tells us of the delightful excitement which was produced in the island by the news of the cession [...] but they nevertheless, made a distinction between a Christian xenocracy and an anti-Christian one.1887, Agnes Smith Lewis, chapter XVIII, in Through Cyprus, page 327

Origin of xenocracy

From xeno- + -cracy.

Questions about xenocracy

What does xenocracy mean?
Xenocracy means government or rule by foreigners.
What part of speech is xenocracy?
Xenocracy is a noun.

Words near xenocracy in the dictionary

  1. xenocongrid
  2. xenocongrids
  3. xenocontamination
  4. xenocoumacin
  5. xenocoumacins
  6. xenocracy
  7. Xenocratean
  8. Xenocrates
  9. Xenocratic
  10. xenocryst
  11. xenocrystal

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