-cracy
word-forming element forming nouns meaning "rule or government by," from French -cratie or directly from Medieval Latin -cratia, from Greek -kratia "power, might; rule, sway; power over; a power, authority," from kratos "strength," from PIE *kre-tes- "power, strength," suffixed form of root *kar- "hard." The connective -o- has come to be viewed as part of it. Productive in English from c. 1800.
Anemocracy - government by the wind or by whim
Angelocracy - government by angels
Argentocracy - government by money
Aristarchy - government by the best
Barbarocracy - government by barbarians
Beerocracy - government by brewers or brewing interests
Bestiocracy - rule by beasts
Capelocracy - government by shopkeepers
Cryptarchy - secret rulership
Demonarchy - government by a demon
Diabolocracy - government by the devil
Foolocracy - government by fools
Gerontocracy - government by the aged
Hamarchy - government by a cooperative body of parts
Hetaerocracy - government by paramours
Hipparchy - rule or control of horses
Idiocracy - personal rule; self-rule
Infantocracy - government by an infant
Kleptocracy - government by thieves
Logocracy - government of words
Mobocracy - government by mobs or crowds
Paedarchy - government by children
Papyrocracy - government by newspapers or literature
Pedantocracy - government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars
Pornocracy - government by harlots
Prophetocracy - government by a prophet
Ptochocracy - government by beggars or paupers
Snobocracy - government by snobs
Squatterarchy - government by squatters
Strumpetocracy - government by strumpets
Technocracy - government by tech nerds
Whiggarchy - government by whigs
word-forming element forming nouns meaning "rule or government by," from French -cratie or directly from Medieval Latin -cratia, from Greek -kratia "power, might; rule, sway; power over; a power, authority," from kratos "strength," from PIE *kre-tes- "power, strength," suffixed form of root *kar- "hard." The connective -o- has come to be viewed as part of it. Productive in English from c. 1800.
Anemocracy - government by the wind or by whim
Angelocracy - government by angels
Argentocracy - government by money
Aristarchy - government by the best
Barbarocracy - government by barbarians
Beerocracy - government by brewers or brewing interests
Bestiocracy - rule by beasts
Capelocracy - government by shopkeepers
Cryptarchy - secret rulership
Demonarchy - government by a demon
Diabolocracy - government by the devil
Foolocracy - government by fools
Gerontocracy - government by the aged
Hamarchy - government by a cooperative body of parts
Hetaerocracy - government by paramours
Hipparchy - rule or control of horses
Idiocracy - personal rule; self-rule
Infantocracy - government by an infant
Kleptocracy - government by thieves
Logocracy - government of words
Mobocracy - government by mobs or crowds
Paedarchy - government by children
Papyrocracy - government by newspapers or literature
Pedantocracy - government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars
Pornocracy - government by harlots
Prophetocracy - government by a prophet
Ptochocracy - government by beggars or paupers
Snobocracy - government by snobs
Squatterarchy - government by squatters
Strumpetocracy - government by strumpets
Technocracy - government by tech nerds
Whiggarchy - government by whigs
