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chirocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chi-ro-c-ra-cy
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Government by physical force.

Etymology

From chiro- (“strong hand”) + -cracy, from Ancient Greek.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

chirocracies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

chirocrat chirocratic chirocratical chirocratically

Rhymes With

democracy bureaucracy aristocracy autocracy idiocracy corporatocracy mediocracy adhocracy demonocracy thalassocracy pornocracy ecclesiocracy

Questions

What does chirocracy mean?
Government by physical force.
Where does chirocracy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce chirocracy

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