psephocratn.
/ˈsiːfəkrat/, /ˈsɛfəkrat/, U.S. /ˈsifəˌkræt/ rare.
An adherent or advocate of government by elected representatives.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > elected
psephocrat1966
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > adherents of other principles of government
aristocratical1651
imperialist1800
centralist1826
coercionist1841
Caesarean1869
feudalist1870
Caesarist1875
gynecocrat1893
patriarchalist1923
technocrat1932
presidentialist1935
plutodemocrat1939
psephocrat1966
1966 New Statesman 15 Apr. 531/2 Psephocracy on the British model has been extended, thanks to the advice of British psephocrats, to a couple of dozen nations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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