-archy
-archy
(word root) rule, governmentAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
-archy
suff.
Rule; government: oligarchy.
[From words such as (mon)archy.]
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-archy
n combining form
government; rule: anarchy; monarchy.
[from Greek -arkhia; see -arch]
-archic adj combining form
-archist n combining form
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-archy
a combining form meaning “rule,” “government,” forming abstract nouns usu. corresponding to personal nouns ending in -arch: monarchy; oligarchy.
[Middle English -archie < Latin -archia < Greek]
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