Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infantocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-fan-toc-ra-cy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rule by children.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Well, it took a long time to dispose of our new fellow-travellers, for your infantocracy is the most absolute government under the sun."
"The Spockian ploy is to announce one's sins and then go right ahead and compound them. All the man does is shed a few crocodile tears over the parents' unhappy lot and then proceed directly with his blueprint for infantocracy."
"In Kundera's unsentimental vision, moreover, children serve as emblems of the mindless "infantocracy" overtaking contemporary culture in both East and West."

Etymology

From infant + -o- + -cracy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

infantocracies (plural)

Synonyms

kindergarchy paedocracy

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does infantocracy mean?: Rule by children.
Where does infantocracy come from?: From infant + -o- + -cracy.

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