Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overdemocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: overdemoc-ra-cy
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive democracy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Australia was a frontier society through and through. Thus, he said, its one major flaw was its overdemocracy. But as he argued in his closing words, overdemocracy was made up for by the heartiness and equality of the people and of the society they had made."

Etymology

From over- + democracy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does overdemocracy mean?: Excessive democracy.
Where does overdemocracy come from?: From over- + democracy.

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