-crat, -cracy, -cratic, -cratism, -cratically, -cracies +
(Greek: a suffix; govern, rule; strength, power, might, authority)
Good laws derive from evil habits.
—Macrobius
Two characteristics of government are that it cannot do anything quickly, and that it never knows when to quit.
—Jeremy Thorpe
polycracy
A government of many rulers; polyarchy.
polycratism
A reference to a government by many rulers.
pornocracy
1. Dominating influence of harlots or prostitutes: specifically, the government of Rome during the first half of the tenth century.
2. A government controlled and/or run by prostitutes.
A government by profligate women; specifically, the ascendancy of a profligate noblewoman named Theodora and her daughter in Rome early in the 10th century.
psephocracy
The form of government that results from an election by ballot; representative government.
ptochocracy
Government by beggars, the rule of paupers; a governing body consisting of the poor; loosely, the poor as a class.
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sociocracy
Collective government or government by society as a whole.
statocracy
1. Government by the army; military rule; a polity in which the army is the controlling power.
2. A government by armed, or military, forces; especially, the army.
3. Government or rule by the state alone, uncontrolled by ecclesiastical power.
stratocratic
1. A reference to a government by the army; military rule; a polity in which the army is the controlling power.
2. A description relating to a government or the rule by the state alone, uncontrolled by ecclesiastical power.
technocracy, Technocracy
1. A social system in which scientists, engineers, and technicians have high social standing and political power.
2. A philosophy that advocates the enlistment of a bureaucracy of highly trained engineers, scientists, or technicians to run the government and society.
3. The control of society or industry by technical experts; a ruling body of such experts.
No nation has yet been governed as a technocracy, and the concept has been criticized as excessively materialistic and inadequately attuned to social, psychological, and artistic considerations.
—J. N. Hook, The Grand Panjandrum & 1,999 Other Rare, Useful, and Delightful Words and Expressions.
Technocracy historically was a school of thought originating in the United States in the 1930s, arguing that the nation could be rescued from the Great Depression if politicians were replaced by scientists and engineers having the technical expertise to manage the nation's economy and natural resources.
Technocracy used growth and decline curves to predict a wide range of societal trends.
—Dictionary of Energy; published by Elsevier;
Oxford, U.K.; 2006; page 437.
technocratic
1. A reference to a bureaucrat who is intensively trained in engineering, economics, or some form of technology.
2. A proponent of government by technicians.
3. A member of a technocracy, a technologist exercising administrative power in government, etc.
technocratism
1. The system of control of society or industry by technical experts; a ruling body of such experts.
2. A theory and movement of the 1930’s advocating the control of production and distribution by technicians and engineers.
teleocracy, teleocratic
An organization designed to fulfill a specific purpose.
thalassocracy
1. Mastery or command of the sea.
2. The sovereignty of the sea: "England's thalassocracy was chiefly responsible for her once-huge empire."
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern":
-agogic;
agon-;
arch-;
dom-;
gov-;
magist-;
poten-;
regi-;
tyran-.
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