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-cracy (krə sē)

a (specified) type of government; rule by autocracy, theocracy

Etymology: Fr -cracie < ML -cratia < Gr -kratia, rule < kratos, rule, strength: see hard

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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