Ethnocracy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ethnocracy is a noun meaning A form of government in which a particular ethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of government power.
Meaning
A form of government in which a particular ethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of government power.
Example Sentences
In this sense, ethnocracy as a socio-political regime is outcome of ethnonationalism, that brand of nationalism that views the nation as a "natural" and ethnically "pure" community, as opposed to its liberal conceptualisation as a community based on equal rights and duties.
Word Forms
- ethnocracies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ethnocrat, ethnopolitics, ethnostate, isocracy, ethnoclass, ideocracy.
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