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anocracy
[ uh-nok-ruh-see ]
noun
, plural a·noc·ra·cies
- government that is a hybrid of democracy and autocracy, often as a transitional phase when one of these forms of government takes on characteristics of the other:
Political scientists noted significant democratic reforms in the traditionally authoritarian regime’s evolution to anocracy.
- a nation or state having such a form of government:
Freedom of the press is one of the first pillars of democracy threatened in an anocracy’s slide toward totalitarianism.
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Other Words From
- an·o·crat·ic [an-, uh, -, krat, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anocracy1
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