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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PORNOCRACY

From Greek, from pornē a prostitute, harlot + -cracy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PORNOCRACY

pornocracy  [pɔːˈnɒkrəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORNOCRACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pornocracy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORNOCRACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Saeculum obscurum

Saeculum obscurum is a name given to a period in the history of the Papacy during the first half of the 10th century, beginning with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasting for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964. During this period, the Popes were influenced strongly by a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family, the Theophylacti, and their relatives.

Definition of pornocracy in the English dictionary

The definition of pornocracy in the dictionary is government or domination of government by whores.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORNOCRACY


adhocracy
ædˈhɒkrəsɪ
aristocracy
ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsɪ
autocracy
ɔːˈtɒkrəsɪ
bureaucracy
bjʊəˈrɒkrəsɪ
cottonocracy
ˌkɒtəˈnɒkrəsɪ
democracy
dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ
demonocracy
ˌdiːmɒnˈɒkrəsɪ
gerontocracy
ˌdʒɛrɒnˈtɒkrəsɪ
gynocracy
dʒaɪˈnɒkrəsɪ
hypocrisy
hɪˈpɒkrəsɪ
kakistocracy
ˌkækɪˈstɒkrəsɪ
kleptocracy
ˌklɛpˈtɒkrəsɪ
mediocracy
ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrəsɪ
meritocracy
ˌmɛrɪˈtɒkrəsɪ
mobocracy
mɒˈbɒkrəsɪ
monocracy
mɒˈnɒkrəsɪ
pedantocracy
ˌpedənˈtɒkrəsɪ
plutocracy
pluːˈtɒkrəsɪ
technocracy
tɛkˈnɒkrəsɪ
theocracy
θɪˈɒkrəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORNOCRACY

porkiness
porkling
porkpie hat
porkwood
porky
porky pie
porn
pornaoke
pornification
porno
pornographer
pornographic
pornographically
pornography
pornomag
pornotopia
pornotopian
porny
porogamic
porogamy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORNOCRACY

accuracy
Christian Democracy
chrysocracy
dollarocracy
doulocracy
industrial democracy
liberal democracy
millocracy
nomocracy
ochlocracy
pantisocracy
parliamentary democracy
people´s democracy
physiocracy
plantocracy
ptochocracy
slavocracy
social democracy
stratocracy
thalassocracy
timocracy

Synonyms and antonyms of pornocracy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pornocracy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORNOCRACY

Find out the translation of pornocracy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pornocracy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pornocracy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pornocracy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pornocracia
570 millions of speakers

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pornocracy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pornocracy
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

pornocracy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pornocracy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pornocracy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বারাঙ্গনাদের কর্তৃত্বপূর্ণ প্রভাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pornocratie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pornokrasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pornocracy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pornocracy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pornocracy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pornokrasi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

pornocracy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடத்தை கெட்ட பெண்கள் ஆட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्नोग्राफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pornocracy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pornocrazia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pornocracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pornocracy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pornocracy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

pornocracy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pornocracy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pornocracy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pornocracy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pornocracy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORNOCRACY»

The term «pornocracy» is used very little and occupies the 179.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORNOCRACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pornocracy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pornocracy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pornocracy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORNOCRACY»

Discover the use of pornocracy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pornocracy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pornocracy
The novel by Catherine Breillat on which her acclaimed and reviled film Anatomy of Hell is based.
Catherine Breillat, 2008
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Theatre, aristocracy, and pornocracy: the orgy calculus
In this book about the secret pornographic theaters of pre-Revolutionary Paris, Karl Toepfer illuminates a much neglected topic with an imaginative study of speech, the body, and ecstasy in varying performance modes.
Karl Eric Toepfer, 1991
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Daughters of Eve: A Cultural History of French Theater Women ...
A Cultural History of French Theater Women from the Old Regime to the Fin de Siècle Lenard R. BERLANSTEIN, Lenard R Berlanstein. DAUGHTERS OF EVE The Struggle against Pornocracy ...
Lenard R. BERLANSTEIN, Lenard R Berlanstein, 2009
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The Russian Cosmists: The Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai ...
22 In Fedorov's “pornocracy,” erotic force drives everything. Eros transforms the faithful daughter into the temptress who lures the faithful son from his father and transforms loving brothers into competitors and enemies—leading eventually to ...
George M. Young, 2012
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Republicanism and Anticlerical Nationalism in Spain
Another example of sexual images and immorality republican anticlericals used to impugn the Church was to argue that Catholicism and priests struck an emotive chord with women through its pornocracy. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's thought ...
Enrique Sanabria, 2009
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The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders
PORNOCRACY. In January 897, Pope Stephen VII formally opened a synod in St John Lateran, archbasilica of the Roman Church. Little now remains of the actual building, the original begun in the time of Constantine himself, but the current ...
Peter Heather, Peter J. Heather, 2014
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Politics, Gender, and the Arts: Women, the Arts, and Society
Proudhon saw women's cultural participation, or even their presence, as tending toward the creation, or recreation, of pornocracy, the reign of whores.9 Nothing good, Proudhon maintained, could come from painting the ancient examples of ...
Ronald L. Dotterer, Susan Bowers, 1992
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A History of the Christian Church
Pornocracy. 904-962. I. The principal authority Is Lindprnnd, but when he writes of great outrages he must be compared with other chroniclers, especially Flodoardi Citron, and his Fragm. de Pontiff. Horn. (Ma- billon, Acta SS. O. Ben. 8.
Karl von Hase, Carl E. Blumenthal, Conway Phelps Wing, 1866
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Hipparchia's Choice: An Essay Concerning Women, Philosophy, Etc
It's just more pornocracy, and the most ordinary form of pimping.' 'In other words, pornography does not exist, because what is called pornography, or can be related to buying and power, is pornocracy, or else is erotography, which you regard ...
Michèle Le Dœuff, 2006
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Gr porné, a prostitute, occurs in the learned E cpd pornocracy, government (- cracy: Elements) by prostitutes. The Gr cpd pornographos, a writer on prostitution, whence F pornographe, has sug~ gested E parnographer, pornographic, ...
Eric Partridge, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORNOCRACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pornocracy is used in the context of the following news items.
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We do not want a middle-class Church
Well, evidently long before the Middle Ages, when it was known as a pornocracy. ... The word pornocracy was around in the Middle Ages? «Catholic Herald Online, Oct 13»
2
Pope Francis: The Good, the Baffling, and the Unclear
... and Andrew Sullivan had been around during that infamous (but little discussed) period sometimes called "the Pornocracy"—a stretch of six ... «Catholic World Report, Oct 13»
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Road to conclave paved with colourful stories
The ''pornocracy'' was followed by a time of schism and rival pope and anti-pope, but some strong leaders - especially Gregory VII - corrected ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 13»
4
You Won't Believe These Seven Amazing Papal Elections
The low point came during a stretch of the 10th century charmingly referred to as the “pornocracy” because of the popes' sexual relations with ... «The Awl, Mar 13»
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Rome - A History of The Eternal City, BBC Four
She seems to have bedded most of the popes and royals of her day, and apparently gave rise to the word “pornocracy”. We've already had ... «The Arts Desk, Dec 12»
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France's strange-but-true parliamentary candidates
... from the southwest Ariège department, proposes a full-frontal election programme: antitheism, communism, libertarianism and...pornocracy. «FRANCE 24, Jun 12»
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Q&A: The Arrogant Sons of Bitches' Jeff Rosenstock On The Joys …
On Pornocracy, I'm just saying the word "bitch" and "slut" so much on that record. I'm saying gross stuff on that record. I was an angry kid. «Village Voice, May 12»
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2000 Years of Popes, Sacred and Profane
Sexual misconduct figures prominently in the history of the papacy (another chapter is entitled “Nicholas I and the Pornocracy”) but is hardly the ... «New York Times, Jul 11»
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The restoration of the Friday fast is a historic day for English and …
... Popes of the 800/900 period – what John Julius Norwich calls in his recent book, the “Pornocracy” when the Popes were murderers, rapists, ... «Catholic Herald Online, May 11»
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The Popes: A History by John Julius Norwich: review
One such period in the early middle ages is commonly referred to as the time of “pornocracy”, which means “rule by prostitutes”. In the brief and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 11»

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