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noun
Nominal governance by a dead person, through posthumous holding of an official position of authority, or by popular veneration and lasting influence of a personal ideology; necrocracy.
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noun
The carrying out of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state.
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noun
The enactment of policies held to lead, directly or indirectly, to death or an increased risk of death.
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noun
A culture in which rituals relating to the dead play a unique or important role.
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noun
Endemic stagnation or decay.
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Usage: figuratively
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History
From thanato- + -cracy.
