Meanings
nounlaocracy (countable and uncountable, plural laocracies)
plural laocracies
- countableuncountableGreeceDirect democracy, as opposed to representative parliamentary democracy.
Origin
- Ancient Greekδῆμος“common people”, “assembly of the people”
- Ancient Greek-κρατία“power”
- Ancient Greekλαός“people”
- Greekλαοκρατία
- Englishlaocracy
From Greek λαοκρατία (laokratía), from Ancient Greek λαός (laós, “people”) and Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía, “power”), in contrast to democracy, which is derived from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “common people”, “assembly of the people”).
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