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

Nouns

• corpocracies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of corpocracy

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

Example Sentences

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corpocracy

Darman has used the term corpocracy to describe the bloated management of U.S. corporations that have resisted becoming more competitive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Goldsmith is just as fiercely critical of the business establishment, which he calls corpocracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Corporate raiders, Darman added, "are gaining attention as a new kind of populist folk hero, taking on not only big corporations but the phenomenon of corpocracy itself."

From Time Magazine Archive