Protocratic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The first stage of interglacial forest development (Pre-Temperate), characterized by light-demanding species and rapid changes in vegetation. uncountable

    "Turner and West ( 1968 ) suggest that the phases of an interglacial period (cryocratic, protocratic, mesocratic , telocratic ) be considered as cenozones."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to an initial or original form of social control. not-comparable

    "In the drives of war and revolution protocratic rule broadens into sovereignty: "the domiant human power, individual or pluralistic, in a politically organized and politically independent population.""

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"In the drives of war and revolution protocratic rule broadens into sovereignty: "the domiant human power, individual or pluralistic, in a politically organized and politically independent population.""

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