noun · rare

kakistocracy

ka·kis·to·cra·cy

kakistocracy · kakistocracies

какистократия

Kakistokratie

Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizensGovernment under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.

UK/kækɪsˈtɒkɹəsi/US/kækɪsˈtɑkɹəsi/

» Kakistocracy refers to power that is given to or seized by incompetent people.

Kakistokratie bezieht sich auf die Macht, die inkompetenten Menschen gegeben oder von ihnen übernommen wird.

Какістократія — це влада, надана некомпетентним людям або захоплена ними.

Meaning

1 senses

Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.
Kakistokratie
какистокра́тияkakistokrátija

Examples

1 sentences

Kakistocracy refers to power that is given to or seized by incompetent people.
Какістократія — це влада, надана некомпетентним людям або захоплена ними.
deKakistokratie bezieht sich auf die Macht, die inkompetenten Menschen gegeben oder von ihnen übernommen wird.
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Translations

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Русский

By meaning 1

government by the worst citizens:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

government by the worst citizens:

Origin

From Ancient Greek κάκιστος (kákistos, “worst”), superlative of κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -κρ

From Ancient Greek κάκιστος (kákistos, “worst”), superlative of κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule, government”) (corresponding to -cracy). The word was used, perhaps re-coined, by the English author Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866) in his 1829 novella The Misfortunes of Elphin as the opposite of aristocracy (see second quotation).

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