Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Government by new or inexperienced officials; the rule or supremacy of upstarts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Government by the
new orinexperienced .
Etymologies
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neo- + -cracy
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Examples
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The Bank directors may be blamed for many things, but they cannot be blamed for the changeableness and excitability of a neocracy.
Lombard Street : a description of the money market Walter Bagehot 1851
qms commented on the word neocracy
The hot show in town is neocracy
With wonders the people will flock to see:
The kleptocrat's portion!
The moral contortion!
A circus of preening hypocrisy!
August 1, 2017
bilby commented on the word neocracy
*applause*
August 1, 2017