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- Ancient Greek · derived fromδουλοκρατία
- English todaydulocracy
From Ancient Greek δουλοκρατία (doulokratía), from δοῦλος (doûlos, “servant, slave, thrall”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “rule”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer; predominance of slaves. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek δουλοκρατία (doulokratía), from δοῦλος (doûlos, “servant, slave, thrall”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “rule”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.