teleocracy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organization or system of government existing for a specific purpose.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "These policies of integration (which were often as comprehensive as circumstances and the available apparatus of management permitted) were adventures in teleocracy."
- "In the first, the trend towards teleocracy is seen to be historically inevitable on account of recent (mainly technological) developments; "it is alleged to be the destiny imposed upon Europe (indeed, upon the world) by the 'needs of the epoch'.""
- "The problem with these arguments, powerfully made and clearly well intentioned though they very often are, is they simply do not establish what they need to establish: the necessity of teleocracy."
Etymology
From teleo- + -cracy.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: teleo-
Usage
Inflected Forms
teleocracies (plural)
telocracy (alternative)
Frequently Paired Words
teleocrat
teleocratic