Definitions
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- noun A form of
government in which a particularethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of governmentpower compared to their percentage in the population.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The effects of the latest violence perpetrated against Palestinians upon the collective Israeli soul is incalculable; the notion that it can survive as an "ethnocracy" -- favoring one ethnic group, Jews, yet by and large democratic -- is becoming a fiction.
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The effects of the latest violence perpetrated against Palestinians upon the collective Israeli soul is incalculable; the notion that it can survive as an "ethnocracy" - favouring one ethnic group, Jews, yet by and large democratic - is becoming a fiction.
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The effects of the latest violence perpetrated against Palestinians upon the collective Israeli soul is incalculable; the notion that it can survive as an "ethnocracy" -- favoring one ethnic group, Jews, yet by and large democratic-is becoming a fiction.
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The effects of the latest violence perpetrated against Palestinians upon the collective Israeli soul is incalculable; the notion that it can survive as an "ethnocracy" - favouring one ethnic group, Jews, yet by and large democratic - is becoming a fiction.
MyAntiwar.org 2009
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The effects of the latest violence perpetrated against Palestinians upon the collective Israeli soul is incalculable; the notion that it can survive as an "ethnocracy" - favouring one ethnic group, Jews, yet by and large democratic - is becoming a fiction.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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The effects of the latest violence perpetrated against Palestinians upon the collective Israeli soul is incalculable; the notion that it can survive as an "ethnocracy" - favouring one ethnic group, Jews, yet by and large democratic - is becoming a fiction.
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At this point, we might have to agree with ICAHD's Jeff Halper's when he says that Israel is an "ethnocracy," not a democracy.
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Creating a Jewish "ethnocracy" on both sides of the Green Line takes precedence.
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A more accurate description of Israel would be that it is an "ethnocracy," a formally democratic state where ethnicity and religion legally determine the degree of access to the full benefits of citizenship.
Mark Levine: What Good is Winning the Wars if you Lose the Peace? 2008
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Creating a Jewish "ethnocracy" on both sides of the Green Line takes precedence.
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