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stratocracy
[ struh-tok-ruh-see ]
/ strəˈtɒk rə si /
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noun, plural stra·toc·ra·cies.
government by the military.
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Origin of stratocracy
Words nearby stratocracy
stratiformis, stratify, stratig., stratigraphy, strato-, stratocracy, stratocumulus, stratopause, stratosphere, stratovolcano, Stratton
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How to use stratocracy in a sentence
It is in the perfection of the stratocracy that we must look for the key to the excesses of the autocrat.
The Caesars|Thomas de QuinceyIt was purely a government by the sword, or permanent stratocracy having a movable head.
The Caesars|Thomas de QuinceyThere were then, in fact, two great forces in the government acting in and by each other—the Stratocracy, and the Autocracy.
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British Dictionary definitions for stratocracy
stratocracy
/ (strəˈtɒkrəsɪ) /
noun plural -cies
military rule
Derived forms of stratocracy
stratocrat (ˈstrætəˌkræt), nounstratocratic (ˌstrætəˈkrætɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for stratocracy
C17: from Greek stratos an army + -cracy
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