| ARISTOCRATIC | • aristocratic adj. Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy. • aristocratic adj. Similar to the aristocracy; characteristic of, the aristocracy. • ARISTOCRATIC adj. belonging to an aristocracy, also ARISTOCRATICAL. |
| AUTOCRATICAL | • autocratical adj. Autocratic. • AUTOCRATICAL adj. of, relating to, or being an autocracy, also AUTOCRATIC. |
| AUTOCRITIQUE | • autocritique n. A self-criticism. • autocritique v. To criticize one’s own ideas. • AUTOCRITIQUE n. (French) self-criticism, esp. political. |
| DESPOTOCRACY | • despotocracy n. Government by a despot. • DESPOTOCRACY n. rulership by despots or tyrants. |
| GERONTOCRACY | • gerontocracy n. Government by elders. • GERONTOCRACY n. government by the aged. |
| GERONTOCRATS | • gerontocrats n. Plural of gerontocrat. • GERONTOCRAT n. a member of a gerontocracy, government by the aged. |
| HAEMATOCRITS | • haematocrits n. Plural of haematocrit. • HAEMATOCRIT n. a graduated capillary tube in which the blood is centrifuged, to determine the ratio, by volume, of blood cells to plasma, also HEMATOCRIT. |
| HAEMATOCRYAL | • haematocryal adj. (Zoology) cold-blooded. • HAEMATOCRYAL adj. of all animals except birds and mammals, having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of the surroundings, also HEMATOCRYAL. |
| KAKISTOCRACY | • kakistocracy n. Government under the control of a nation’s worst or least-qualified citizens. • KAKISTOCRACY n. government by the worst men of the state. |
| KLEPTOCRATIC | • kleptocratic adj. Pertaining to a kleptocracy; characterised by rulers or leaders who are thieves. • KLEPTOCRATIC adj. of or like a kleptocracy, a government characterized by rampant greed and corruption. |
| MERITOCRATIC | • meritocratic adj. Pertaining to a meritocracy. • MERITOCRATIC adj. relating to meritocracy. |
| PEDANTOCRACY | • pedantocracy n. Government by pedants. • PEDANTOCRACY n. government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars. |
| PEDANTOCRATS | • pedantocrats n. Plural of pedantocrat. • PEDANTOCRAT n. a member of the pedantocracy. |
| PLUTOCRACIES | • plutocracies n. Plural of plutocracy. • PLUTOCRACY n. rulership by the wealthy. |
| PUNDITOCRACY | • punditocracy n. A group of political pundits who are thought to have too much influence. |
| SQUATTOCRACY | • squattocracy n. (Australia, historical) Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class. • SQUATTOCRACY n. (Australian) the powerful landowning class. |
| STRATOCRATIC | • stratocratic adj. Relating to stratocracy. • STRATOCRATIC adj. relating to a stratocracy, government by the military. |