anocracy

[ uh-nok-ruh-see ]

/ əˈnɒk rə si /

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noun, plural a·noc·ra·cies

government that is a hybrid of democracy and autocracy, often as a transitional phase when one of these forms of government takes on characteristics of the other: Political scientists noted significant democratic reforms in the traditionally authoritarian regime’s evolution to anocracy.

a nation or state having such a form of government: Freedom of the press is one of the first pillars of democracy threatened in an anocracy’s slide toward totalitarianism.

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Origin of anocracy

First recorded in 1970–75; an-¹ + -o- + -cracy

OTHER WORDS FROM anocracy

an·o·crat·ic [-an-uh-krat-ik], / ˌæn əˈkræt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby anocracy

annus mirabilis, Annwfn, ano-, anoa, anobiid, anocracy, anode, anode dark space, anode glow, anode resistance, anodic