GOVERNMENT
ADJECTIVES
1586 ► OLIGARCHICAL pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy
1647 ► OCHLOCRATORIC pert. to a ruler of the multitude → obs.
1649 ► OLIGARCHIC pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy
1787 ► OLIGARCHAL pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy
1835 ► OCHLOCRATIC pert. to ochlocracy (see nouns)
1838 ► HAMACRATIC pert. to government based on mutual action
1856 ► GYNAECOCRATICAL → GYNECOCRATICAL pert. to female government
ADVERBS
1850 ► OLIGARCHICALLY in an oligarchical manner
NOUNS
1375 ► LEADING government, rule → obs.
1529 ► SIGNORITY lordship, government → obs.
1577 ► OLIGARCHY government by the few; a form of government in which the power is confined to a few persons or families; also, the body of persons composing such a government
1584 ► OCHLOCRACY government by the mob or the lowest of the people; mob rule
1586 ► TIMOCRACY a form of government in which possession of property is required in order to hold office
1587 ► GYNARCHY government by a woman or women
1594 ► OPTIMACY government or a government by the nobles or upper classes in a state; aristocracy; also, a state so governed
1601 ► TOPARCHY the small district or territory under the rule of a toparch
1612 ► GYNAECOCRACY → GYNECOCRACY government by a woman or women; female rule or mastery
1638 ► DECARCHY in Greek antiquity: a ruling body of ten
1642 ► QUINGENTUMVIRATE a government consisting of five hundred men → obs.
1643 ► TIMARCHY timocracy → obs.
1647 ► PAEDOCRACY → PAIDOCRACY government by children
1647 ► PEDOCRACY government by children
M17. ► STRATOCRACY government or political control by the army; military rule
1656 ► TIMOCRACY a form of government in which rulers are motivated by ambition or love of honour
1673 ► MALGOVERNANCE bad government → obs.
1728 ► GYNOCRACY government by a woman or women; female rule or mastery
1774 ► JUNTOCRACY government by a junto (a body of men who have jointed or combined for a common purpose, esp. of a political character)
1791 ► INLER one who is in office; the Government and its party → Sc. obs.
1794 ► PANTISOCRACY a form of social organization in which all are equal in rank and social position; a Utopian community in which all are equal and all rule
1799 ► OCTARCHY a government by eight rulers; an aggregate of eight tribal or petty kingdoms each under its own ruler; applied by some historians to the eight kingdoms reckoned by them to have been established by the Angles and Saxons in Britain
19C.. ► ENDARCHY central government
1819 ► KLEPTOCRACY a government by thieves; a thieves’ regime; a country with such a government; a body or order of thieves
1823 ► VAMPIRARCHY a set of ruling persons comparable to vampires
1824 ► DULOCRACY government by slaves; the rule of slaves
1829 ► KAKISTOCRACY the government of a state by the worse citizens
1830 ► PAEDARCHY rule or government by a child or children
1838 ► HAMARCHY government by a cooperative body of parts
1838 ► KRITARCHY the rule of the Judges in ancient Israel
1839 ► PAPARCHY papal rule or sovereignty; government by the pope
1841 ► CANNONARCHY government by cannon; usurpation supported by cannon
1843 ► PAPYROCRACY government by paper, i.e. by newspapers or literature
1846 ► HAGIOCRACY a government or sovereignty of persons esteemed holy
1847 ► BIARCHY government by two; dual sovereignty
1848 ► LAIRDOCRACY lairds as forming a ruling class → Sc.
1848 ► LANDOCRACY the class of people which owes its controlling position in the country to its possession of landed property → jocular usage
1849 ► DECADARCHY in Greek antiquity: a ruling body of ten
1857 ► STRUMPETOCRACY government by the privities → sl.
1866 ► BARBAROCRACY government or rule by barbarians, as that of Italy by the German emperors
1866 ► OLIGARCHISM oligarchy as a principle or system
1868 ► OMPHALISM centralization in government
1870 ► THE OLD GANG the uncompromising Tories → Brit. political usage
1874 ► AUTONOMISM the principle or system of autonomy or self-government
1878 ► ECCLESIARCHY government by the church
1878 ► IDIOCRACY personal rule or government
1899 ► PANTARCHY a state in which the rule is vested in the whole people
1903 ► ANDROCRACY the rule of man or the male; male supremacy
1930 ► THE G the US government → US criminals’ sl.
1950 ► UNCLE SAM the US federal government → US sl.
1965 ► CYBERNOCRACY government or administration by computer, or by those who use computers
NOUNS, PERSON
1610 ► OLIGARCH a member of an oligarchy (government by the few); one of a few holding power in a state
1656 ► DECARCH in Greek antiquity: one of a ruling body of ten
1659 ► OLIGARCHIST an advocate or supporter of oligarchy (government by the few)
1798 ► MOBOCRAT a person who advocates mobocracy (mob rule, government by a mob); a leader of the mob; a demagogue
1799 ► ABSOLUTIST in politics: one who is in favour of an absolute government; also, a person who rules or governs absolutely
19C.. ► RED-TAPIST a government clerk; an excessively bureaucratic government official → sl.
1880 ► OCHLOCRAT an advocate of ochlocracy (government by the mob or lowest people)
1893 ► GYNECOCRAT an upholder of or adherent to female government
1893 ► LANDOCRAT a member of the landocracy → jocular usage
1922 ► G MAN a government agent → US sl.
1925 ► G GUY a government agent; a special agent of the FBI → US sl.
1937 ► G-HEAT federal law enforcement agents → US criminals’ sl.
1946 ► G-GIRL a government girl, an employee of the FBI
1952 ► G-GAL a female Government employee → US sl.
1961 ► GERONTOCRAT a member of a gerontocracy (a governing body consisting of old men)
1980 ► BELTWAY BANDIT one of the horde of businesses, consultants, lobbyists, etc. who cluster about the federal government → Amer. sl.
1999 ► SHINY-ARSE a public servant → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1850 ► OLIGARCHIZE to convert into an oligarchy; to subject to an oligarchy
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