statocracy

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noun

government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power

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Meanings

nounstatocracy (countable and uncountable, plural statocracies)

plural statocracies

  1. countableuncountablegovernment by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power

    Do they not see that if in theocracy they lose man , in their statocracy they lose God

    1861, Orestes Brownson, “Pope and EMperor”, in Brownson's Quarterly Review

Origin

From state + -cracy

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Translations

Italian statocrazia
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Polish statokracja
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Cite this entry
APA

statocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statocracy

MLA

“statocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statocracy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statocracy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statocracy.

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