单词 | -cracy |
释义 | -cracy a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (aristocracy; democracy); on this model used, with the meaning "rule," "government," "governing body," to form abstract nouns from stems of other origin: mobocracy; bureaucracy. Cf. -crat. [ < MF -cracie (now -cratie) < LL -cratia < Gk -kratia, equiv. to krát(os) rule, strength, might (akin to HARD) + -ia -Y3] |
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