corpocracy

American  

[kawr-pok-ruh-see] / kɔrˈpɒk rə si /

noun

corpocracies plural

1. a corporate bureaucracy.

2. a company characterized by bureaucracy.

3. a government run like a corporate bureaucracy.

4. a society in which corporations have much economic and political power.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• corpocratic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• corpocracies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of corpocracy

First recorded in 1935-40; blend of corporate ( def. ) or corporation ( def. ) + -cracy ( def. )

Example Sentences

Last November, Deputy Treasury Secretary Richard Darman stirred controversy when he used the terms bloated and corpocracy to describe the U.S. business hierarchy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Control Data got into trouble by developing "corpocracy," or corporate bloat, at a relatively early age.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Reagan Administration invoked corpocracy as a reason to take the lead on another fast-rising issue: industrial competitiveness.

From Time Magazine Archive

One was "corpocracy," meaning the Big Business equivalent of government bureaucracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only three weeks ago Deputy Treasury Secretary Richard Darman launched a slashing attack on what he called "corpocracy."

From Time Magazine Archive