Definitions For Pornocracy

Noun

{{en-noun, pornocracies}} (derogatory, often, figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitute#noun, prostitutes or corrupt#adjective, corrupt persons. (derogatory) A societal culture#noun, culture dominated by pornography.

Derived terms

pornocrat pornocratic

Translations

Belarusian: парнакра́тыя, f Breton: pornokratiezh, f Catalan: pornocràcia, f Czech: pornokracie, f Dutch: pornocratie, f Esperanto: pornokratio Finnish: pornokratia French: pornocratie, f Georgian: პორნოკრატია German: Pornokratie, f, Mätressenherrschaft, f Greek: πορνοκρατία, f Italian: pornocrazia, f, {{qualifier, derogatory}} mignottocrazia, f Japanese: 娼婦政治 (しょうふせいじ, shōfu-seiji) Korean: 창부정치 Malay: pornokrasi Norwegian: pornokrati, n, skjøgevelde, n Polish: pornokracja, f Russian: порнокра́тия, f Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: порнократија, f : Roman: pornokratija, f Slovene: pornokracija, f Spanish: pornocracia, f Swedish: pornokrati, c Ukrainian: порнокра́тія, f

Etymology

. Augmented with those of the Popes from w:pope sixtus iv, sixtus iv to w:pope alexander vii, alexander vii, by Onofrio Panvinio, Antonio Cicarelli, Giovanni Stringa, Abraham Bzowski, and Antonio Bagatta. With the Annotations of Panvinio, and with the Ecclesiastical Chronology of the Same. Supplemented with the Life of Platina Written by Sign. Nicol’Angelo Caferri, location=Venice, publisher=Presso Gio, Maria Turrini, e Gio, Pietro Brigonci, year=1663, oclc=877151318}}.}} The sixty-year period beginning with Sergius III’s reign in 904 is known as the pornocracy. Sergius III reputedly ordered his two immediate predecessors, w:pope leo v, leo v and w:antipope christopher, christopher, to be murder#verb, murdered, and was the only pope to have allegedly father#verb, fathered an illegitimate#adjective, illegitimate son who himself later became Pope (w:pope john xi, john xi).]] Probably borrowed from "female prostitute" + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ, , -cracy, suffix indicating ‘government, rule’;{{R:Lexico}} analysable as {{confix, en, porno, cracy}}.

Proper noun

{{en-proper noun}} (Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes, capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the {{w, saeculum obscurum}} (latin#noun, latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of {{w, Pope Sergius III}} in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of {{w, Pope John XII}} in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influence#noun, influenced by the w:counts of tusculum, theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt#adjective, corrupt aristocratic family. from mid-19th c.

Alternative forms

Pornocracy

Translations

Belarusian: парнакратыя, f, alt=Парнакра́тыя Catalan: pornocràcia, f, alt=Pornocràcia Dutch: pornocratie, f Finnish: pornokratia French: pornocratie, f, alt=Pornocratie Galician: pornocracia, f Georgian: პორნოკრატია German: Pornokratie, f, Mätressenherrschaft, f, Hurenherrschaft, f Greek: πορνοκρατία, f, alt=Πορνοκρατία Italian: pornocrazia, f, alt=Pornocrazia Japanese: ポルノクラシー (Porunokurashī), 娼婦政治 (しょうふせいじ, Shōfu-seiji) Korean: ^창부정치, ^포르노크라시 Polish: pornokracja, f, alt=Pornokracja Russian: порнократия, f, alt=Порнокра́тия Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: порнократија, f, alt=Порнократија : Roman: pornokratija, f, alt=Pornokratija Slovene: pornokracija, f, alt=Pornokracija Spanish: pornocracia, f, alt=Pornocracia Ukrainian: порнократія, f, alt=Порнокра́тія

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