radiocracy

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noun

An organization or system of government continuously listening to ideology or instructions from the leader on the radio.

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Meanings

nounradiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural radiocracies)

plural radiocracies

  1. countableuncountableAn organization or system of government continuously listening to ideology or instructions from the leader on the radio.

    Radiocracy is the danger. What is radiocracy? It is "the dictatorship of thought by wireless."

    1932, The Journal of Adult Education, volumes 5-6, page 127

Origin

From radio- + -cracy.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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