pornocracy

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• pôr-nŏk-rə-sē
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɔːˈnɒkɹəsɪ/
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• General-American: /pɔɹˈnɑkɹəsi/
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• rhymes with -ɒkɹəsi
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Probably borrowed from German Pornokratie, first found in the writings of Austrian-born Biblical scholar Alfred Edersheim (1825–1889), from Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “female prostitute”) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, “-cracy”, suffix indicating “government, rule”); analysable as porno- + -cracy.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: Парнакра́тыя (Parnakrátyja) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Catalan: Pornocràcia — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Dutch: pornocratie — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Finnish: pornokratia — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• French: Pornocratie — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Galician: pornocracia — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Georgian: პორნოკრატია (ṗornoḳraṭia) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• German: Pornokratie — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• German: Mätressenherrschaft — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• German: Hurenherrschaft — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Greek: Πορνοκρατία (Pornokratía) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Italian: Pornocrazia — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Japanese: ポルノクラシー (Porunokurashī) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Japanese: 娼婦政治 (Shōfu-seiji) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Korean: 창부정치 (Changbujeongchi) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Korean: 포르노크라시 (Poreunokeurasi) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Polish: Pornokracja — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Portuguese: Pornocracia — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Russian: Порнокра́тия (Pornokrátija) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Serbo-Croatian: Порнократија — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Serbo-Croatian: Pornokratija — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Slovene: Pornokracija — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Spanish: Pornocracia — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Ukrainian: Порнокра́тія (Pornokrátija) — period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum
• Belarusian: парнакра́тыя (parnakrátyja) — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Breton: pornokratiezh — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Catalan: pornocràcia — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Czech: pornokracie — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Dutch: pornocratie — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Esperanto: pornokratio — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Finnish: pornokratia — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• French: pornocratie — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Galician: pornocracia — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Georgian: პორნოკრატია (ṗornoḳraṭia) — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• German: Pornokratie — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• German: Mätressenherrschaft — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Greek: πορνοκρατία (pornokratía) — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Italian: pornocrazia — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Italian: mignottocrazia — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Japanese: 娼婦政治 (shōfu-seiji) — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Korean: 창부정치 (changbujeongchi) — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Malay: pornokrasi — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Norwegian: pornokrati — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Norwegian: skjøgevelde — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Polish: pornokracja — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Portuguese: pornocracia — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Russian: порнокра́тия (pornokrátija) — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Serbo-Croatian: порнократија — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Serbo-Croatian: pornokratija — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Slovene: pornokracija — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Spanish: pornocracia — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Swedish: pornokrati — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons
• Ukrainian: порнокра́тія (pornokrátija) — government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons