personocracy

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noun

A more participatory form of democracy, intended to care for every person and not just the majority.

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Meanings

nounpersonocracy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegovernmentA more participatory form of democracy, intended to care for every person and not just the majority.

    Personocracy, unlike democracy, cares for each and every person and not just for the majority.

    1996, Bill Metcalf, William James Metcalf, Shared Visions, Shared Lives: Communal Living Around the Globe
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    The main characteristic of personocracy is that it "promotes the participation of all members in governmental decision[s]" while showing "the same concern for the individual members of our community as the Personalized System of Instruction shows for individual students".

    2010, Hilke Kuhlman, Living Walden Two, page 154

Origin

From person + -o- + -cracy.

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Translations

Greek προσωποκρατία
  • προσωποκρατία (prosopokratía)Translations
Portuguese personocracia
  • personocraciaTranslations
Spanish personocracia
  • personocraciaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

personocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personocracy

MLA

“personocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personocracy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “personocracy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personocracy.

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