Long live the gerontocracy!
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Gerontocracy
//ˌdʒɛɹənˈtɒkɹəsi//
Synonyms for "gerontocracy" (25 found)
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37 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غَيْرُونْتُوقْرَاطِيَّة noun (government by elders)
Basque
1 entries- gerontokrazia noun (government by elders)
Belarusian
1 entries- герантакратыя noun (government by elders)
Bulgarian
1 entries- геронтокрация noun (government by elders)
Catalan
1 entries- gerontocràcia noun (government by elders)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 老人政治 noun (government by elders)
Czech
1 entries- gerontokracie noun (government by elders)
Danish
1 entries- gerontokrati noun (government by elders)
Dutch
1 entries- gerontocratie noun (government by elders)
Esperanto
1 entries- gerontokratio noun (government by elders)
Estonian
1 entries- gerontokraatia noun (government by elders)
Finnish
1 entries- gerontokratia noun (government by elders)
French
1 entries- gérontocratie noun (government by elders)
German
1 entries- Gerontokratie noun (government by elders)
Greek
1 entries- γεροντοκρατία noun (government by elders)
Hebrew
1 entries- גרונטוקרטיה noun (government by elders)
Hungarian
1 entries- gerontokrácia noun (government by elders)
Italian
1 entries- gerontocrazia noun (government by elders)
Japanese
1 entries- 長老支配 noun (government by elders)
Korean
1 entries- 장로정치 noun (government by elders)
Latvian
1 entries- gerontokrācija noun (government by elders)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gerontokracija noun (government by elders)
Malay
1 entries- gerontokrasi noun (government by elders)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gerontokrati noun (government by elders)
Polish
1 entries- gerontokracja noun (government by elders)
Portuguese
1 entries- gerontocracia noun (government by elders)
Romanian
1 entries- gerontocrație noun (government by elders)
Russian
1 entries- геронтокра́тия noun (government by elders)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gerontokracija noun (government by elders)
- геронтокрација noun (government by elders)
Sicilian
1 entries- jiruntucrazzìa noun (government by elders)
Slovak
1 entries- gerontokracia noun (government by elders)
Slovene
1 entries- gerontokracija noun (government by elders)
Spanish
1 entries- gerontocracia noun (government by elders)
Swedish
1 entries- gerontokrati noun (government by elders)
Turkish
1 entries- gerontokrasi noun (government by elders)
Ukrainian
1 entries- геронтократія noun (government by elders)
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Is Algeria a gerontocracy?
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Gerontocracy, that is, government by the aged, is the most ancient form of government.
Source: tatoeba (11950375)
Near-synonym: senilocracy
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