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单词 corporatocracy
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corporatocracyn.

Brit. /ˌkɔːp(ə)rəˈtɒkrəsi/, U.S. /ˌkɔrp(ə)rəˈtɑkrəsi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: corporate adj., -ocracy comb. form.
Etymology: < corporate adj. + -ocracy comb. form.The following isolated earlier example of corporatocracy glossing a Japanese word meaning ‘impoverished aristocracy’ appears to be an independent coinage, formed as a blend of corporate adj. and aristocracy n.:1954 S. Takahata Quo vadis, Japan? 142 Such section of companies' aristocracy is known as ‘corporatocracy’ (Shayozoku) if I may coin such a term.
Government or control by large commercial organizations; a governing or controlling group of corporations; a society or system that is governed or controlled by corporations.
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1974 On Site 5 27/2 That solar energy is renewable daily, in contrast to the consume-and-destroy quality of all other fuels, is of little interest to the corporatocracies.
1991 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 26 1556/2 The collision course between democracy and corporatocracy is defined in Africa by..conflicting conceptions of ‘development’ held, on the one hand by corporatocracy and its chief agents, the IMF and the World Bank, and on the other by the masses of Africa.
2012 J. Ventura & D. Russell Democrips & Rebloodlicans v. 42 Today in America, we're living in a corporatocracy, or a plutocracy, or if you prefer, an oligarchy.
2019 C. Ketcham This Land xix. 316 Clinton presided over more deregulation of the corporatocracy, more mergers and acquisitions, more centralizing of power in fewer corporate hands than any previous modern president.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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