Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barbarocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bar-baro-c-ra-cy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rule by barbarians.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The existing Bavarocracy (the Greeks, who are as fond of puns as ever, used to call it barbarocracy) had become impossible."
"I think that the reader would admit that they are better fitted to live under a constitution than under a barbarocracy, as they called the government of the irresponsible camarilla of Bavaria."
"The President, a cruel, rapacious fellow, representing the military barbarocracy, and receiving the support of the vilest and most reactionary elements of the Republic, exercised an almost military dic tatorship rather than a civil government."
"So by nature we are the stalwarts who use their words and thoughts to bring them a barbarocracy of unparalleled freedom."

Etymology

From Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”) + -cracy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

barbarocracies (plural)

Questions

What does barbarocracy mean?: Rule by barbarians.
Where does barbarocracy come from?: From Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”) + -cracy.

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