| ANTIPIRACY | • antipiracy adj. Acting to combat or prevent piracy. • anti-piracy adj. Alternative form of antipiracy. • ANTIPIRACY adj. designed to prevent piracy. |
| CONSPIRACY | • conspiracy n. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood… • conspiracy n. (Law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. • conspiracy n. A group of ravens. |
| DEGENERACY | • degeneracy n. The state of being degenerate (in all senses). • degeneracy n. (Neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another’s function without being overexerted. • DEGENERACY n. the state of being degenerate. |
| DOULOCRACY | • doulocracy n. Alternative form of dulocracy. • DOULOCRACY n. a government formed of privileged slaves, also DULOCRACY. |
| HAGIOCRACY | • hagiocracy n. Government by a priesthood; hierarchy. • HAGIOCRACY n. government by holy persons, also HAGIARCHY. |
| HIEROCRACY | • hierocracy n. Government by ecclesiastics. • hierocracy n. (Historical, Middle Ages) The doctrine that the pope held supreme temporal, and not just spiritual, power. • HIEROCRACY n. government by priests or religious ministers. |
| ILLITERACY | • illiteracy n. (Uncountable) The inability to read and write. • illiteracy n. (Uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage. • illiteracy n. (Countable) A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person. |
| IMMODERACY | • immoderacy n. The quality of being immoderate. • IMMODERACY n. lack of moderation. |
| INACCURACY | • inaccuracy n. (Uncountable) The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy. • inaccuracy n. (Countable) A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false. • inaccuracy n. (Uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision. |
| INNUMERACY | • innumeracy n. An ignorance of mathematics, or an inability to manipulate numbers. • INNUMERACY n. the state of being innumerate. |
| INVETERACY | • inveteracy n. The state of being inveterate; long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted persistence. • INVETERACY n. the quality of being inveterate. |
| MAGISTRACY | • magistracy n. The dignity or office of a magistrate. • magistracy n. The collective body of magistrates. • MAGISTRACY n. the office or dignity of a magistrate. |
| MEDIOCRACY | • mediocracy n. (Informal) A social hierarchy in which the mediocre prevails. • MEDIOCRACY n. government by the mediocre; a system within which mediocrity is rewarded. |
| MILLOCRACY | • millocracy n. A rich class of people who own mills. • MILLOCRACY n. the body of mill-owners regarded as a dominant or ruling class. |
| OCHLOCRACY | • ochlocracy n. Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy. • OCHLOCRACY n. government by the mob. |
| PLUTOCRACY | • plutocracy n. Government by the wealthy. • plutocracy n. A controlling class of the wealthy. • PLUTOCRACY n. rulership by the wealthy. |
| PORNOCRACY | • pornocracy prop.n. (Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum… • pornocracy n. (Derogatory, often figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons. • pornocracy n. (Derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography. |
| REGENERACY | • regeneracy n. The condition of being regenerated. • REGENERACY n. the state of being regenerated. |
| SLAVOCRACY | • slavocracy n. (US, chiefly historical) The persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political… • SLAVOCRACY n. slave-owners collectively. |
| SNOBOCRACY | • snobocracy n. Snobs, collectively; snobbish behaviour or attitudes. • SNOBOCRACY n. government by snobs. |