Militocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The government of the armed forces. countable, uncountable

    "Germany under Wilhelm II and Poland under Pilsudski exemplify a variant of militocracy where political preponderance and economic favours were restricted to the officer corps."

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stratocracy

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"Germany under Wilhelm II and Poland under Pilsudski exemplify a variant of militocracy where political preponderance and economic favours were restricted to the officer corps."

Etymology

From milit(ary) + -ocracy.

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