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laocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
laoc-ra-cy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Direct democracy, as opposed to representative parliamentary democracy.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Greek λαοκρατία (laokratía), from Ancient Greek λαός (laós, “people”) and Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía, “power”), in contrast to democracy, which is derived from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “common people”, “assembly of the people”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: λαοκρατία, λαός, -κρατία, δῆμος

Usage

Inflected Forms

laocracies (plural)

Questions

What does laocracy mean?
Direct democracy, as opposed to representative parliamentary democracy.
Where does laocracy come from?
It is traced to Greek.

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