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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-cracy, suffix. - -cracy comes ultimately from Greek, where it has the meaning "power;
rule;
government'', and is attached to roots to form nouns that mean "rule;
government'': auto- + -cracy → autocracy (= government by one ruler);
theo- ("God'') + -cracy → theocracy (= a country governed by the rule of God or a god).Compare -crat.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-cracy, - a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (aristocracy;
democracy);
on this model used, with the meaning "rule,'' "government,'' "governing body,'' to form abstract nouns from stems of other origin:mobocracy; bureaucracy.Cf. -crat.
- Greek -kratia, equivalent. to krát(os) rule, strength, might (akin to hard) + -ia -y3
- Late Latin -cratia
- Middle French -cracie (now -cratie)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -cracy n combining form - indicating a type of government or rule: plutocracy, mobocracy
See also -crat
Etymology: from Greek -kratia, from kratos power |