dulocracy

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δουλοκρατία (doulokratía), from δοῦλος (doûlos, servant, slave, thrall) + κρατέω (kratéō, rule).

Noun

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dulocracy (countable and uncountable, plural dulocracies)

  1. A government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer; predominance of slaves.
    • 1855, Jam. Gord Bennett, Memoirs of Jam. Gord. Bennett and his Times: By a Journalist[1]:
      Or must the country passively submit to that dulocracy in politics which has become a stigma upon the nation, and a shame to the intelligence of the people?
    • 1970, Maurice Duggan, O'Leary's orchard and other stories, page 165:
      In a dulocracy who are the slaves?
    • 2006, Radha Rajan, Krishen Kak, NGOs, Activists & Foreign Funds: Anti-nation Industry[2], page 145:
      Manderians are not democrats; they are dulocrats, and the Manderweb symbolises our dulocracy. So, are you surprised that the dulocracy rules our country [] A dulocracy is "a Government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer" (Black's Law Dictionary, 6th edn), []
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