Definitions For Kakistocracy
Noun
KAKISTOCRACY (plural KAKISTOCRACYs) (political science) government, government under the control#noun, control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. from 1829.Alternative forms
cacistocracyDerived terms
kakistocrat khakistocracyTranslations
Afrikaans: kakistokrasie Catalan: caquistocràcia, f Dutch: kakistocratie, f Finnish: kakistokratia French: kakistocratie, f German: Kakistokratie, f Greek: κακιστοκρατία, f Italian: cachistocrazia, f Polish: kakistokracja, f Portuguese: caquistocracia, f Russian: какистокра́тия, f Spanish: cacocracia, f, caquistocracia, f Thai: ทรชนาธิปไตยEtymology
From "worst", appendix:glossary#superlative, superlative of {{affix, grc, κακός, -κρατία, gloss1=bad, gloss2=power#noun, power, rule#noun, rule, government, nocat=1}}. The word was used, perhaps re-coined, by the English author {{w, Thomas Love Peacock}} (1785–1866) in his 1829 novella {{w, The Misfortunes of Elphin}} as the opposite of aristocracy (see the quotation).Is Kakistocracy a Scrabble Word?
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Scrabble
27
Words with Friends
28
The word Kakistocracy is worth 27 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends