thalassocracy

American

[thal-uh-sok-ruh-see] / ˌθæl əˈsɒk rə si /

noun

dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.

thalassocracy British

/ ˌθæləˈsɒkrəsɪ /

noun

the government of a nation having dominion over large expanses of the seas

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Noun Inflected Forms

thalassocracies

plural

Etymology

Origin of thalassocracy

First recorded in 1840–50; thalasso- + -cracy

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