Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: oc-ra-cy
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy.

Example Sentences

"The reason is that you have polities, but other states are mere aggregations of men dwelling together, which are named after their several ruling powers; whereas a state, if an 'ocracy' at all, should be called a theocracy."
"He thundered away about lawsuits and judgments in the High Court of Justice, about disputes with the Court of Chancery, [...] about the insufficiency of the currency, about official aristocracy and all other "ocracies" in the world, from King Nebuchadnezzar down to Peter Solvold's democracy."

Inflected Forms

ocracies (plural)

Derived Forms

bankocracy

Questions

What does ocracy mean?: Any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy.

How to pronounce ocracy

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