demagocracy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Rule by demagogues.
Example Sentences
- "The demagocracy, (an uncouth term for a very uncouth thing,) first in this row of fated destiny, against which the Civil-service Reform Association is forming its ranks, is happily the easiest to overcome"
- "The simians would require no special orientation courses to teach them the reasons for fighting, such as, “To make the world safe for Demagocracy,” or whatnot."
- "To these men , concerned with the dangers of anarchy and “demagocracy,” constitutional democracy was attractive in that it combined the principle of popular sovereignty with a concentration on legality."
- "I would argue that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' )"
- "According to Tetens, this could never result in democracy, but in the rule of demagogues. i.e. a 'demagocracy'"
Etymology
From demagogue + -cracy.