corpocracy

American  

[kawr-pok-ruh-see] / kɔrˈpɒk rə si /

noun

plural

corpocracies

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

• corpocratic adjective

Etymology

Origin of corpocracy

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

Example Sentences

Sir Michael Angus, who has died at the age of 79, was one of the greatest exponents of what has been unkindly described as the corpocracy – the interlocking network of directorships at the top of British business.

From The Guardian

At ACF, which was suffering from steadily declining earnings, Icahn encountered a splendid example of the so-called corpocracy of entrenched executives that he had berated for years.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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