English

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Etymology

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From aristarchy +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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aristarchic (comparative more aristarchic, superlative most aristarchic)

  1. Of or related to aristarchy.
    • 1915, Correa Moylan Walsh, The Political Science of John Adams: A Study in the Theory of Mixed ...[1]:
      "Bodin himself applied this distinction only to the three forms, monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy (concerning which a neat use of words would be to call the governments monarchic, aristarchic, or demarchic, and the states monocratic, aristocratic, or democratic); [] "