foolocracyn.
/fuːˈlɒkrəsi/, U.S. /fuˈlɑkrəsi/ humorous.
1. Government by fools; (also) an instance of this.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of fools
foolocracy1832
idiocracy1967
1832 S. Smith Let. 21 Nov. in Lady Holland Mem. S. Smith (1855) II. 341 The foolocracy under which it has so long laboured.
1934 Salt Lake Tribune 19 Sept. 20/5 In spite of ‘foolocracy’ every business is carried on for profit.
2009 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Final ed.) c1 ‘This is foolocracy, not democracy,’ said Mr. Doucet. ‘The council is fundamentally divided. It's not capable of having consensus.’
2. An elite or ruling class of fools.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups
stratocracy1652
Praetorian Guard1735
oligarchy1823
vampirarchy1823
hierocracy1828
gerontocracy1830
Whigocracy1831
plantocracy1839
mediocracy1845
squattocracy1846
snobocracy1853
pedantocracy1856
foolocracy1859
thugocracy1896
pigmentocracy1949
xenocracy1965
1859 Sydney Morning Herald 14 Nov. 4/4 In the opinion of the foolocracy, the great thing is to scatter the population.
2010 thespec.com (Nexis) 21 Apr. a13 The underlying message is plain as a naked ape: A foolocracy of its size and reach will always find new room for meddling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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