Synonyms

stratocracy

American

[struh-tok-ruh-see] / strəˈtɒk rə si /

noun

government by the military.

stratocracy British

/ strəˈtɒkrəsɪ, ˌstrætəˈkrætɪk, ˈstrætəˌkræt /

noun

military rule

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stratocracies

plural

Etymology

Origin of stratocracy

1645–55; < Greek strató ( s ) army + -cracy

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There were then, in fact, two great forces in the government acting in and by each other—the Stratocracy, and the Autocracy.

From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas

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