-ocratcomb. form

Primary stress is generally retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. meritocrat adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: aristocrat n., democrat n.

Etymology: < -ocrat (in aristocrat n., democrat n., etc.); compare -o- connective, -crat comb. form, and -ocracy comb. form.Formations with an English first element and this terminal element appear from the late 18th cent. onwards, the earliest probably being mobocrat n. A moderate number are found in the 19th cent., mostly made on the analogy of pre-existing formations in -ocracy comb. form, e.g. cottonocrat n. at cottonocracy n. Derivatives, slavocrat n.; exceptions include boursocrat n. and millocrat n. The main examples from the 20th cent. are meritocrat n. and technocrat n.

Forming nouns denoting members of socially or politically dominant groups.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	-ocrat
释义	-ocratcomb. form Primary stress is generally retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. meritocrat adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: aristocrat n., democrat n. Etymology: < -ocrat (in aristocrat n., democrat n., etc.); compare -o- connective, -crat comb. form, and -ocracy comb. form.Formations with an English first element and this terminal element appear from the late 18th cent. onwards, the earliest probably being mobocrat n. A moderate number are found in the 19th cent., mostly made on the analogy of pre-existing formations in -ocracy comb. form, e.g. cottonocrat n. at cottonocracy n. Derivatives, slavocrat n.; exceptions include boursocrat n. and millocrat n. The main examples from the 20th cent. are meritocrat n. and technocrat n. Forming nouns denoting members of socially or politically dominant groups. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. form
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