How many "ocracies" are there? We only think of a few, don't we? Presently for sure.
In fact, there are 48 words in the chart. Which one gets your attention?
adhocracy
ergatocracy
mobocracy
punditocracy
androcracy
gerontocracy
monocracy
quangocracy
aristocracy
gynecocracy
nomocracy
slavocracy
autocracy
gynocracy
ochlocracy
snobbocracy
chrysocracy
hagiocracy
pantisocracy
snobocracy
cottonocracy
hierocracy
pedantocracy
squattocracy
democracy
isocracy
phallocracy
stratocracy
demonocracy
kakistocracy
physiocracy
technocracy
despotocracy
kleptocracy
plantocracy
thalassocracy
dollarocracy
mediocracy
plutocracy
thalattocracy
doulocracy
meritocracy
pornocracy
theocracy
dulocracy
millocracy
ptochocracy
timocracy
I wondered about chrysocracy - is it about chrysanthemums? No, it is the rule by the rich, or rule of gold or wealth. No flower power there. Also none with Plantocracy - not the rule of plants, but of planters, eg. plantation owners of the West indies.
Is timocracy some sort of rule by time? No, it is a state where only property owners may participate in government.
Slavocracy is rule by slave owners, and dulocracy is rule by servants and slaves.
Is a demonocracy a government of demons? Yes, I guess so if you believe in Hell.
Squattocracy seems to me to be about squatters rather than land owners. It is the opposite - rich families who own large amounts of land. Australian history has this as a play on aristocracy where sheep herders were "squatters" and became wealthy exploiting illegally occupied Crown land.
And what about gynocracy and phallocracy - one is rule by women and the other by men. The "sex" references is that each sex was thought superior and excludes the other from power.
So many possibilities, don't you think?
No ice yet, and in fact no hard frost yet in my garden. I am most fond of ice and all its intricate shapes and textures.
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