单词 | -cracy |
释义 | -cracy-cracy /krəsi/ suffix [in nouns] 1government by a particular type of people or according to a particular principle: democracy (=government by the people) bureaucracy (=government by officials who are not elected)2a society or country that is governed in this way, or in which a particular group of people have power: a theocracy (=government according to religious laws)3the group or type of people who have power in a particular society: the aristocracy (=people in the highest social rank) [Origin: Old French -cracie, from Late Latin -cratia, from Greek, from kratos strength, power] → see also -ocracy |
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