-ocraticcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. meritocratic adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: aristocratic adj., democratic adj. and n.

Etymology: < -ocratic (in aristocratic adj., democratic adj. and n., etc.); compare -o- connective, -cratic comb. form, and -ocracy comb. form.Formations with an English first element and this terminal element are found from the late 18th cent. onwards, the earliest probably being mobocratic adj. A small number are found in the 19th and 20th centuries, mostly made on the analogy of pre-existing formations in -ocracy comb. form, e.g. meritocratic adj., squattocratic adj. at squattocracy n. Derivatives, pedantocratic adj., and technocratic adj.

Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -ocracy comb. form.

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

单词	-ocratic
释义	-ocraticcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. meritocratic adj. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: aristocratic adj., democratic adj. and n. Etymology: < -ocratic (in aristocratic adj., democratic adj. and n., etc.); compare -o- connective, -cratic comb. form, and -ocracy comb. form.Formations with an English first element and this terminal element are found from the late 18th cent. onwards, the earliest probably being mobocratic adj. A small number are found in the 19th and 20th centuries, mostly made on the analogy of pre-existing formations in -ocracy comb. form, e.g. meritocratic adj., squattocratic adj. at squattocracy n. Derivatives, pedantocratic adj., and technocratic adj. Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -ocracy comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. form
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