Ocracy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ocracy is a noun meaning (rare) Any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy.
Meaning
(rare) Any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy.
Example Sentences
The reason is that you have polities, but other states are mere aggregations of men dwelling together, which are named after their several ruling powers; whereas a state, if an 'ocracy' at all, should be called a theocracy.
He thundered away about lawsuits and judgments in the High Court of Justice, about disputes with the Court of Chancery, [...] about the insufficiency of the currency, about official aristocracy and all other "ocracies" in the world, from King Nebuchadnezzar down to Peter Solvold's democracy.
Word Forms
- ocracies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include government, kingric, regime, rule, raign, republick.
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