Definitions

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  • noun A form of government in which a particular ethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of government power compared to their percentage in the population.

Etymologies

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ethno- + -cracy

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Examples

  • 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.

    Mark Levine: Who Will Save Israel from Itself? 2009

  • 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.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2009

  • 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.

    Israel Palestine Blogs 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • 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.

    What Obama Didn't Say About A Palestinian State 2009

  • Creating a Jewish "ethnocracy" on both sides of the Green Line takes precedence.

    Jeff Halper's "An Israeli in Palestine" - Part I 2008

  • 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

  • Creating a Jewish "ethnocracy" on both sides of the Green Line takes precedence.

    Jeff Halper's "An Israeli in Palestine" - Part I 2008

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