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pornocracy|pɔːˈnɒkrəsɪ|
[f. Gr. πόρνη harlot + -cracy.]
Dominating influence of harlots or prostitutes: spec. the government of Rome during the first half of the tenth century.
1860A. Edersheim tr. Kurtz's Ch. Hist. ii. §126. 379 For half a century Theodora..and her equally infamous daughters,..filled the See of Peter with their paramours, their sons, and grandsons,..(the so-called Pornocracy). 1874Deutsch Remains 245. 1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 484 A century of shameless intrigue and fighting—the period of the Pornocracy.
So ˈpornocrat, a member of a pornocracy.
1894Contemp. Rev. Aug. 286 The most licentious and shameless of the Pornocrats. |