proctocracy

P3R1O1C3T1O1C3R1A1C3Y4
UK/pɹɒkˈtɒkɹəsɪ/UK/pɹɒkˈtɒkɹəsi/

noun

Government or management by “arseholes” (i.e., inconsiderate, obnoxious, or otherwise highly objectionable people).

Scrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounproctocracy (plural not attested)
  1. humorousneologismno pluralrareGovernment or management by “arseholes” (i.e., inconsiderate, obnoxious, or otherwise highly objectionable people).

    It was instinctive dealing with the US proctocracy and its blinkered cheer-squad!

    2006 December 11th, “Catherine Deschevaux”, alt.quotations, “Re: Privatizing -er, Profitizing War”, Message ID
    2 more examples

    Come the Revolution we’ll have other Ass-holes ruling us. Long live the Proctocracy.

    2002 March 2nd, “ZONTAR JOHNSON”, alt.radio.oldtime, “REQ Stoopnagle and Budd TIA”, Message ID

    A more recent workplace use of the same root is the notion of labouring under a proctocracy, defined as ‘rule by assholes’.

    2007, Tony Thorne, “proctoheliosis”, in Shoot the Puppy

Origin

First attested in March 2002; formed as procto- (“anus”) + -cracy (“rule”); equivalent to a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *πρωκτοκρατία (prōktokratía), from πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus”) + κράτος (krátos, “dominion”, “power”).

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

proctocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proctocracy

MLA

“proctocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proctocracy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proctocracy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proctocracy.

Source: proctocracy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.