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Gerontocracy

//ˌdʒɛɹənˈtɒkɹəsi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Government by elders; government by elderly rulers. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: senilocracy"

  2. 2
    a political system governed by old men wordnet

Etymology

From geronto- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek.

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