Meanings
nounpartocracy (countable and uncountable, plural partocracies)
plural partocracies · alternative particracy · alternative partitocracy
- countablederogatoryuncountableGovernment by political parties or factions, rather than citizens or individual politicians.
Origin
- Englishparty
- Proto-Indo-European*kret-
- Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
- Englishpartocracy
Translations
Basque partitokrazia
- partitokraziagovernment by political parties
Catalan partitocràcia
- partitocràciagovernment by political parties
Dutch particratie
- particratiegovernment by political parties
French particratie, partitocratie
- particratiegovernment by political parties
- partitocratiegovernment by political parties
German Parteienherrschaft, Parteienstaat
- Parteienherrschaftgovernment by political parties
- Parteienstaatgovernment by political parties
Greek κομματοκρατία
- κομματοκρατία (kommatokratía)government by political parties
Indonesian partikrasi
- partikrasigovernment by political parties
Italian partitocrazia
- partitocraziagovernment by political parties
Malay partokrasi
- partokrasigovernment by political parties
Portuguese partidocracia, partitocracia
- partidocraciagovernment by political parties
- partitocraciagovernment by political parties
Spanish partitocracia, partidocracia
- partitocraciagovernment by political parties
- partidocraciagovernment by political parties
Cite this entry
APA
partocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partocracy
MLA
“partocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partocracy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “partocracy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/partocracy.
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