| 单词 | gerontocracy |
| 释义 | gerontocracy[ jer-uhn-tok-ruh-see, jeer- ] / ˌdʒɛr ənˈtɒk rə si, ˌdʒɪər- / noun, plural ger·on·toc·ra·cies.government by a council of elders. a governing body consisting of old people. a state or government in which old people rule. Origin of gerontocracyFirst recorded in 1820–30; geronto- + -cracy OTHER WORDS FROM gerontocracyge·ron·to·crat [juh-ron-tuh-krat], /dʒəˈrɒn təˌkræt/, nounge·ron·to·crat·ic, adjectiveWords nearby gerontocracyGerona, Geronimo, gerontal, gerontic, geronto-, gerontocracy, gerontogeous, gerontology, gerontomorphosis, gerontophobia, gerontoxon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gerontocracy
British Dictionary definitions for gerontocracygerontocracy / (ˌdʒɛrɒnˈtɒkrəsɪ) / noun plural -ciesgovernment by old people a governing body of old people Derived forms of gerontocracygerontocratic (dʒəˌrɒntəˈkrætɪk), adjectivegerontocrat, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for gerontocracygerontocracy [ (jer-uhn-tok-ruh-see) ] A society ruled by elders. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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