单词 | dulocracy |
释义 | dulocracy in British English (duːˈlɒkrəsɪ) noun a variant spelling of doulocracy doulocracy in British English or dulocracy (duːˈlɒkrəsɪ) nounWord forms: plural -cracies a government by slaves dulocracy in American English (duːˈlɑkrəsi, djuː-) noun rule by slaves Word origin [1650–60; ‹ Gk doûlo(s) slave + -cracy]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhand, gas, oscillation, parade, parameter-cracy is a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (aristocracy; democracy). On this model, -cracy is used, with the meaning “rule,” “government,” “governing body,” to form abstractnouns from stems of other origin. Other words that use the affix -cracy include: bureaucracy, mobocracy |
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