ANDROCRACY

PRONUNCIATION: (an-DROK-ruh-see)

MEANING: noun: A system ruled by men.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin andro- (male), from Greek + -cracy (rule). Earliest documented use: 1903.
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ADDOCRACY - government by accretion (see also ANDOCRACY)

AND/ORCRACY - government that goes two steps forward, one step back

ANY-ROCRACY - government at random

MANDROCRACY - you don't really want me to explain that, now do you?