diabolocracyn.

Brit.

/dʌɪˌabəˈlɒkrəsi/,

/ˌdʌɪəbəˈlɒkrəsi/, U.S.

/daɪˌæbəˈlɑkrəsi/,

/ˌdaɪəbəˈlɑkrəsi/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek διάβολος , -cracy comb. form.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek διάβολος devil (see devil n.) + -cracy comb. form. Compare earlier demonocracy n., diabolarchy n.

rare.

Government or rule by the Devil or devils; a state or society governed by the Devil. Also in humorous or ironic use. Cf. demonocracy n., diabolarchy n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] > rule by

kingdomc1384

demonarchy1643

diabolarchy1799

diabolocracy1815

1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 12 195 Bruce has marked out a certain part of Africa as the dominion of the Devil, believing that the people there are actually under a species of diabolocracy, as much as the Jews were under a divine government.

1885 J. J. G. Wilkinson Greater Origins & Issues of Life & Death ix. 41 You see the democracy of England and Scotland propagating itself in the demonocracy of Ireland, and in the diabolocracy of Irish America.

1912 A. Bierce Provisional Settlem. in Coll. Wks. XII. 203 McK.––There must be complete separation of church and state. Sag.––What! a Diabolocracy?

2001 D. Baker-Smith in C. C. Barfoot Aldous Huxley vii. 106 The adventures of Dr Poole..reveal a theocracy or, more accurately, a diabolocracy where the sign of the horns has replaced the sign of the cross.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diabolocracy
释义	diabolocracyn. Brit. /dʌɪˌabəˈlɒkrəsi/, /ˌdʌɪəbəˈlɒkrəsi/, U.S. /daɪˌæbəˈlɑkrəsi/, /ˌdaɪəbəˈlɑkrəsi/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek διάβολος , -cracy comb. form. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek διάβολος devil (see devil n.) + -cracy comb. form. Compare earlier demonocracy n., diabolarchy n. rare. Government or rule by the Devil or devils; a state or society governed by the Devil. Also in humorous or ironic use. Cf. demonocracy n., diabolarchy n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] > rule by kingdomc1384 demonarchy1643 diabolarchy1799 diabolocracy1815 1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 12 195 Bruce has marked out a certain part of Africa as the dominion of the Devil, believing that the people there are actually under a species of diabolocracy, as much as the Jews were under a divine government. 1885 J. J. G. Wilkinson Greater Origins & Issues of Life & Death ix. 41 You see the democracy of England and Scotland propagating itself in the demonocracy of Ireland, and in the diabolocracy of Irish America. 1912 A. Bierce Provisional Settlem. in Coll. Wks. XII. 203 McK.––There must be complete separation of church and state. Sag.––What! a Diabolocracy? 2001 D. Baker-Smith in C. C. Barfoot Aldous Huxley vii. 106 The adventures of Dr Poole..reveal a theocracy or, more accurately, a diabolocracy where the sign of the horns has replaced the sign of the cross. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1815
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