Government and Politics: -cracy, -crat

This vocabulary list features words with the Greek-derived suffix -crat or -cracy, meaning “rule” or “rule by."
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  1. aristocrat
    a member of the nobility
  2. autocracy
    a theory favoring unlimited authority by an individual
  3. bureaucrat
    a nonelective government official
  4. democracy
    the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  5. democratize
    make (a nation) more representative of the people in general
  6. gerontocracy
    a political system governed by old people
  7. kleptocracy
    government by greedy leaders who misuse wealth and power
  8. meritocracy
    a social system in which power goes to superior intellects
  9. plutocracy
    a political system governed by the wealthy people
  10. theocratic
    relating to a government thought to be guided by a deity
Created on Fri May 30 14:32:40 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 16:29:37 EDT 2025)

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