Psephocracy

Quick meaning: Psephocracy is a noun meaning Government by ballot-elected representatives; representative democracy. Often contrasted with democracy, with which it is unfavourably compared for its lack of demotic participation in the political process outside of elections.

Meaning

Government by ballot-elected representatives; representative democracy. Often contrasted with democracy, with which it is unfavourably compared for its lack of demotic participation in the political process outside of elections.

Example Sentences

The present system is more of a leadership than a referred system — the so called ‘psephocracy’.

Nor do I see much future for mesocracy, the rule of the middle-class. Small is their voting power, psephocracy, if […]

The people are not the government; what they do is elect it; and so the pedant would say we have in this country not democracy, but psephocracy.

Indian democracy is fast degenerating into a psephocracy — a system totally dominated by electoral victories and defeats. The moment you enter office, you begin to think of the next election.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pseudo-democracy, psephism, pseudoelection, pseudo-election, psephisma, pseudoreferendum.

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