heroarchyn.
/ˈhɪərəʊɑːki/, U.S. /ˈhɪroʊˌɑrki/, /ˈhiroʊˌɑrki/ Rule or government by people who are widely admired, either for their abilities or on account of their social status.Chiefly in or with reference to Thomas Carlyle (see quot. 1841).
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1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 18 All dignities of rank, on which human association rests, are what we may call a Heroarchy (Government of Heroes).
1910 Illinois Law Rev. 5 175 A moment, when..the constitutional distribution of governmental powers is in danger of being submerged in a modernized heroarchy.
1996 L. Dowling Vulgarization of Art i. 17 None of the contemporary alternatives to the Victorian liberal polity could offer any hope: not the aristocratic ‘heroarchy’ proposed by Thomas Carlyle, not the theocratic state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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