-cracy
noun combining form
Definition of -cracy
1 : form of government; also : state having such a form monocracy
2 : social or political class (as of powerful persons) mobocracy
3 : theory of social organization technocracy
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Origin and Etymology of -cracy
Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French -cratie, from Late Latin -cratia, from Greek -kratia, from kratos strength, power — more at hard
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