kakistocrat
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A very ill-qualified ruler; a member of a kakistocracy.
Example Sentences
- "On the other hand, should the kakistocrats in Iran stick with the name of expediency to describe their power brokers?"
- "An obvious characteristic of a kakistocrat is inserting unqualified loyalists into positions of power. Nepotism and kakistocracy go hand-in-hand."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάκιστος (kákistos, “worst”), superlative of κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule, government”) (corresponding to -crat).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: κάκιστος