government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons arein power
Derived forms
kakistocratical (kəˌkɪstəˈkrætɪkəl)
adjective
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ Gk kákisto(s), superl. of kakós bad + -cracy]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: analogue, blouse, exogenous, karma, phonetic-cracy is a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (aristocracy; democracy). On this model, -cracy is used, with the meaning “rule,” “government,” “governing body,” to form abstractnouns from stems of other origin. Other words that use the affix -cracy include: bureaucracy, mobocracy
Examples of 'kakistocracy' in a sentence
kakistocracy
It is they who are the true snobs, they the elitists, they the censorious kakistocracy.