Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

partocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-toc-ra-cy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Government by political parties or factions, rather than citizens or individual politicians.

Countable; Derogatory; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English party Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English partocracy From party + -cracy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

partocracies (plural) particracy (alternative) partitocracy (alternative)

Questions

What does partocracy mean?: Government by political parties or factions, rather than citizens or individual politicians.
Where does partocracy come from?: Etymology tree English party Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English partocracy From party + -cracy.

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