stratocracy
[ struh-tok-ruh-see ]
noun,plural stra·toc·ra·cies.
government by the military.
Origin of stratocracy
1Words Nearby stratocracy
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How to use stratocracy in a sentence
It is in the perfection of the stratocracy that we must look for the key to the excesses of the autocrat.
The Caesars | Thomas de QuinceyIt was purely a government by the sword, or permanent stratocracy having a movable head.
The Caesars | Thomas de QuinceyThere were then, in fact, two great forces in the government acting in and by each other—the stratocracy, and the Autocracy.
The Caesars | Thomas de Quincey
British Dictionary definitions for stratocracy
stratocracy
/ (strəˈtɒkrəsɪ) /
nounplural -cies
military rule
Origin of stratocracy
1C17: from Greek stratos an army + -cracy
Derived forms of stratocracy
- stratocrat (ˈstrætəˌkræt), noun
- stratocratic (ˌstrætəˈkrætɪk), adjective
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