xenocracy

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noun

Government or rule by foreigners.

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Meanings

nounxenocracy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableGovernment or rule by foreigners.

    On another page he tells us of the delightful excitement which was produced in the island by the news of the cession [...] but they nevertheless, made a distinction between a Christian xenocracy and an anti-Christian one.

    1887, Agnes Smith Lewis, chapter XVIII, in Through Cyprus, page 327

Origin

From xeno- + -cracy.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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