What does militocracy mean?
Militocracy means The government of the armed forces..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The government of the armed forces..
Germany under Wilhelm II and Poland under Pilsudski exemplify a variant of militocracy where political preponderance and economic favours were restricted to the officer corps.
Early states were usually governed by militocracies, whose main source of social power was simply force. This was a consequence of one of the most important principles of social evolution, namely that “war made the state, and states made war.”
Use militocracy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Militocracy means The government of the armed forces..
Common synonyms include stratocracy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Germany under Wilhelm II and Poland under Pilsudski exemplify a variant of militocracy where political preponderance and economic favours were restricted to the officer corps.
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