polycracy
English
editEtymology
editFrom poly- + -cracy or from Polycrates.
Noun
editpolycracy (uncountable)
- A dynasty within a democracy; Government by a clan or relatives of self-elected rulers amid a democratic process
- A tyrannic regime within a democracy
References
edit- “polycracy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.