| ADHOCRACY | • adhocracy n. (Business, organizational theory) An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to… • ad-hocracy n. Alternative form of adhocracy. • ad␣hocracy n. Alternative form of adhocracy. |
| AUTOCRACY | • autocracy n. (Uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual. • autocracy n. (Countable) An instance of this government. • AUTOCRACY n. government by one individual. |
| DEMOCRACY | • democracy n. (Uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected… • democracy n. (Countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction. • democracy n. (Countable) A state with a democratic system of government. |
| DULOCRACY | • dulocracy n. A government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer; predominance of slaves. • DULOCRACY n. a government formed of privileged slaves, also DOULOCRACY. |
| GYNOCRACY | • gynocracy n. (Government, sociology) Synonym of gynecocracy. • GYNOCRACY n. government by women. |
| MOBOCRACY | • mobocracy n. Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force. • MOBOCRACY n. government by mobs or crowds. |
| MONOCRACY | • monocracy n. (Rare) Synonym of autocracy. • MONOCRACY n. rulership by one individual. |
| NOMOCRACY | • nomocracy n. (Politics) A political system under the sovereignty of rational laws and civic rights. • NOMOCRACY n. the rule of law; government based on legal system. |
| THEOCRACY | • theocracy n. Government under the control of a state religion. • theocracy n. Rule by a god. • THEOCRACY n. government by priests or by religious law. |
| TIMOCRACY | • timocracy n. (Platonism) A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers. • timocracy n. (Aristotelianism) A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount… • TIMOCRACY n. a state in which possession of property is required for participation in government. |