xerocracy
Syllables: xe·ro·cra·cy/zɪəˈɹɒkɹəsi/US/ziːˈɹɑkɹəsi/
xerocracy noun: political influence achieved by copying and distributing leaflets and similar material.
Noun
xerocracy (uncountable)
- Political influence achieved by copying and distributing leaflets and similar material.
- On the occasion of his son's death, the Ayatullah [Ruhollah Khomeini] wrote a letter to the Iranian people that is now regarded as the crucial document of the revolution. [...] Khomeini thus established himself as leader of the revolution by calling upon the armed forces to overthrow the Shah...1978 October, “Iran: The Unknown Ayatullah Khomeini”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, published 16 July 1979, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 May 2019
- As someone said, what was happening was a revolution for democracy, against autocracy, led by theocracy, made possible by xerocracy.1981, Mohamed Heikal, Iran: The Untold Story: An Insider’s Account of America’s Iranian Adventure and Its Consequences for the Future, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 139
Examples of xerocracy in a sentence
- As a Tehran University professor put it [in October 1978]: "We were struggling against autocracy for democracy, by means of Xerocracy."1978 October, “Iran: The Unknown Ayatullah Khomeini”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, published 16 July 1979, →ISSN...
- Ideas are spread, routes shared, and consensus sought through the ubiquitous copy machine—a "xerocracy" in which anyone is free to make copies of their ideas and pass them around.1999, Orion Afield, Great Barrington, Mass.: Orion Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 3:
Origin of xerocracy
From xero(x) + -cracy.
Words that rhyme with xerocracy
- democracy
- bureaucracy
- aristocracy
- autocracy
- corpocracy
- critocracy
- czarocracy
- demonocracy
- dollarocracy
- hierocracy
- idiocracy
- pornocracy
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- thalassocracy
- adhocracy
- albocracy
- algocracy
- Americanocracy
- androcracy
- argentocracy
- arithmocracy
- atheocracy
- athletocracy
- blobocracy
- boobocracy
- chirocracy
- chrysocracy
- clericocracy
- clerocracy
- corporatocracy
- corruptocracy
- cosmocracy
- cottonocracy
- cryptocracy
- cyberocracy
- demagocracy
- despotocracy
- ecclesiocracy
- ecocracy
- economocracy
- elitocracy
- ephebocracy
- familiocracy
- foolocracy
- geniocracy
- ideocracy
- idiocrasy
- infantocracy
- kludgeocracy
- mediocracy
- merocracy
Questions about xerocracy
- What does xerocracy mean?
- Xerocracy means political influence achieved by copying and distributing leaflets and similar material.
- How do you use xerocracy in a sentence?
- As a Tehran University professor put it [in October 1978]: "We were struggling against autocracy for democracy, by means of Xerocracy."
- What part of speech is xerocracy?
- Xerocracy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce xerocracy?
- Xerocracy is pronounced /zɪəˈɹɒkɹəsi/ (UK).
Words near xerocracy in the dictionary
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