crony democracy

noun

A political system where it's apparently democratic with representative democracy and elections but actually it's run by mutually beneficial relationships between politicians and business owners.

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Meanings

nouncrony democracy (plural crony democracies)

plural crony democracies

  1. A political system where it's apparently democratic with representative democracy and elections but actually it's run by mutually beneficial relationships between politicians and business owners.
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