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Definition of -cracy combining form from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-cracy

combining form
 
/krəsi/
 
/krəsi/
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  1. (in nouns) the government or rule of
    • democracy
    • bureaucracy
    Word Originfrom French -cratie, via medieval Latin from Greek -kratia ‘power, rule’.
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