Bossocracy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An autocratic rule by bosses. countable, uncountable

    "And, as Bell's wages are no higher than the other men's, and he certainly out-works any one of them, at any sort of job, his boss-ocracy cannot rightfully be offensive to their republicanism."

Example

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"And, as Bell's wages are no higher than the other men's, and he certainly out-works any one of them, at any sort of job, his boss-ocracy cannot rightfully be offensive to their republicanism."

Etymology

From boss + -ocracy.

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