gerontocraticadj.
/dʒɛˌrɒntəʊˈkratɪk/ Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a gerontocracy.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of old men
gerontarchical1884
gerontocratic1950
1950 African Studies Dec. 159 Some anthropologists are of the opinion that gerontocratic age-groups are an invention of the Negro.
1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound ii. 40 Many youths looked forward to migrant labour as an exciting liberation from parental and gerontocratic control.
1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society iii. 81 Grandparents..belong to the generation which exerts gerontocratic political and jural authority in the matrilineal village.
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adj.1950- give down the road
- give due weight to
- give ear
- give effect to
- give end
- give etc a fly
- give etc an item
- give etc grief
- give etc head
- give etc into one's bosom
- give etc item
- give etc leave
- give etc of
- give etc own
- give etc paiks
- give etc the gun
- give etc the honour of the flag
- give etc the time of day
- give etc the time of day to
- give evidence
- give faith
- give faith to
- give faith unto
- give fidelity
- give fifteen, etc, and a bisque