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partocracy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Government by political parties or factions, rather than citizens or individual politicians.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English party Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English partocracy From party + -cracy.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: partitokrazia — government by political parties
  • Catalan: partitocràcia — government by political parties
  • Dutch: particratie — government by political parties
  • French: particratie — government by political parties
  • French: partitocratie — government by political parties
  • Galician: partitocracia — government by political parties
  • Galician: partidocracia — government by political parties
  • Georgian: პარტიოკრატია (ṗarṭioḳraṭia) — government by political parties
  • German: Parteienherrschaft — government by political parties
  • German: Parteienstaat — government by political parties
  • Greek: κομματοκρατία (kommatokratía) — government by political parties
  • Indonesian: partikrasi — government by political parties
  • Italian: partitocrazia — government by political parties
  • Malay: partokrasi — government by political parties
  • Portuguese: partidocracia — government by political parties
  • Portuguese: partitocracia — government by political parties
  • Serbo-Croatian: партократија — government by political parties
  • Serbo-Croatian: partokratija — government by political parties
  • Spanish: partitocracia — government by political parties
  • Spanish: partidocracia — government by political parties