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(political science) A government established by the forceful or cunning seizure of power and maintained by strength..
To many outside observers, Turkey is a unique country that seems perpetually balancing on a steep precipice between kratocracy and democracy, between Islam and capitalism, or even more melodramatically, between East and West.
For, without its feeling of compassion, a kratocracy, […]
[…] as the cover for plutocracy is replaced by timocracy and by the one-man kratocracy which we call dictatorship.
Use kratocracy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kratocracy means (political science) A government established by the forceful or cunning seizure of power and maintained by strength..
Common synonyms include kraterocracy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To many outside observers, Turkey is a unique country that seems perpetually balancing on a steep precipice between kratocracy and democracy, between Islam and capitalism, or even more melodramatically, between East and West.
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