| -cracy suff. Government; rule: meritocracy. [French -cratie, from Old French, from Late Latin -cratia, from Greek -krati  , from kratos, strength, power; see kar- in Indo-European roots.] |
-cracy
n combining form
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) indicating a type of government or rule plutocracy mobocracy See also -crat
[from Greek -kratia, from kratos power]
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