CHIROCRACY

PRONUNCIATION: (ky-ROK-ruh-see)

MEANING: noun: Government that rules by physical force.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek chiro- (hand) + -cracy (rule), alluding to a rule by a strong hand or a heavy-handed rule. Earliest documented use: 1677.
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CAIROCRACY - government by Egypt

SHIROCRACY - government by Hobbits

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