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stratocracy

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stra⋅toc⋅ra⋅cy

  [struh-tok-ruh-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
government by the military.
Origin:
1645–55; < Gk strató(s) army + -cracy
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stra·toc·ra·cy   (strə-tŏk'rə-sē)   
n.   pl. stra·toc·ra·cies
Government by the armed forces.

[Greek stratos, army; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots + -cracy.]
strat'o·crat'ic (strāt'ə-krāt'ĭk) adj.
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