Lottocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Demarchy. rare, uncountable

    "Coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim, a demarchy, or lottocracy, is a form of government in which the state is governed by randomly selected decision makers who have been selected from a pool of eligible citizens."

Synonyms

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demarchydemarchy

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"Coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim, a demarchy, or lottocracy, is a form of government in which the state is governed by randomly selected decision makers who have been selected from a pool of eligible citizens."

Etymology

From lotto + -cracy.

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