Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contractocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-trac-toc-ra-cy
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular government employees, often with the implication that the contractors are ineffective and simply enriching themselves due to government corruption.

Example Sentences

"There are several dissimilarities, however, between classical Underdevelopment Theory and some of the leading theoreticians of the contractocracy school in Nigeria."
"The contract syndrome became so prevalent that the then Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, felt compelled to characterise the Nigerian polity in terms of a "contractocracy" : "Instead of a democracy -in which you have in operation government for the people, you have a contractocracy in which government is for contractors, by contractors and of contractors.""
"Yusuf Bangura argues that the contractocracy thesis merely falls within what he called "third option" explanation."

Etymology

From contract + -ocracy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: contract

Inflected Forms

contractocracies (plural)

Questions

What does contractocracy mean?: The routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular government employees, often with the implication that the contractors are ineffective and simply enriching themselves due to government corruption.
Where does contractocracy come from?: From contract + -ocracy.

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