Meanings
adjectivepolycratic (comparative more polycratic, superlative most polycratic)
comparative more polycratic · superlative most polycratic
- governmentGoverned by many people or groups.First known use 20th c.
Against the background of this strikingly polycratic system, three figures emerge as especially influential […]
2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 101
Origin
From poly- + -cratic, after polycracy.
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polycratic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polycratic
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