Ocracy

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy. rare

    "The reason is that you have polities, but other states are mere aggregations of men dwelling together, which are named after their several ruling powers; whereas a state, if an 'ocracy' at all, should be called a theocracy."

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"The reason is that you have polities, but other states are mere aggregations of men dwelling together, which are named after their several ruling powers; whereas a state, if an 'ocracy' at all, should be called a theocracy."

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