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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PTOCHOCRACY

From Greek, from ptochos poor + -cracy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PTOCHOCRACY

ptochocracy  [təʊˈkɒkrəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PTOCHOCRACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ptochocracy 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 PTOCHOCRACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ptochocracy in the English dictionary

The definition of ptochocracy in the dictionary is government by the poor.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PTOCHOCRACY


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PTOCHOCRACY

ptilosis
ptisan
PTN
PTO
ptochocracies
Ptolemaeus
Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic system
Ptolemaist
Ptolemy
Ptolemy I
Ptolemy II
ptomain
ptomaine
ptomaine poisoning
ptomainic
ptooey
ptoses
ptosis
ptotic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PTOCHOCRACY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of ptochocracy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ptochocracy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PTOCHOCRACY

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The translations of ptochocracy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ptochocracy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ptochocracy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ptochocracy
570 millions of speakers

English

ptochocracy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ptochocracy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ptochocracy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ptochocracy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ptochocracy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ptochocracy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ptochocracy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pokokokrasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ptochocracy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ptochocracy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ptochocracy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pthokokrasi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ptochocracy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ptochocracy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ptochocracy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ptochocracy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ptochocracy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ptochocracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ptochocracy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ptochocracy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ptochocracy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ptochocracy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ptochocracy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ptochocracy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ptochocracy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PTOCHOCRACY»

The term «ptochocracy» is used very little and occupies the 161.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PTOCHOCRACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ptochocracy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ptochocracy» 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 ptochocracy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PTOCHOCRACY»

Discover the use of ptochocracy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ptochocracy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Indian federalism: problems and issues
Theory X cannot provide a state with self-respect, self- reliance, of self-fulfilment. In holding the surplus "carrot" along with stick, the central government simply breeds ptochocracy in the states instead of utilisation of such surplus "carrot" on ...
Tarun Chandra Bose, University of Kalyani. Dept. of Political Science, 1987
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Land of Oppression Instead of Land of Opportunity
128. policeocracy government by police 129. pollarchy government by the multitude or a mob; ochlocracy 130. polyarchy government bymanypeople 131. polycracy government government ptochocracy government punditocracy government ...
Gaines Bradford Jackson, 2012
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The Grandiloquent Dictionary - Tenth Anniversary Edition
psychrophobia - A fear of cold pteridology - The study of ferns pternophobia - See pteronophobia pteronophobia - A fear of feathers pterylology - The study of feather arrangements on birds ptochocracy - A government formed of the poor ...
Christopher Bird, 2010
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A Modern Milieu
The world of art and architecture, according to Meier-grAefe, enters a phase of ptochocracy. There is no need for that. Meier-grAefe favors Schröder and Adolf loos specifically because their work always remained splendorous [“prächtig”], ...
Julius Meier-Graefe, Markus Breitschmid, 2007
5
There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
polyphage, 131 psychophobia, 154 polyphloisboian, 209 psymatic, 223 polypragmon, 131 ptochocracy, 186 polystyrophobia, 156 pubephilia, 89 polyvaleur, 80 publican, 50, 51 ponerologist, 176 puellaphilist, 67 ponophobia, 161 pulicose, ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2005
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Imperatives, Behaviors, and Identities: Essays in Early ...
A government in which such people participated, wrote James Burgh, could be nothing more than "a ptochocracy (the reader will pardon a new word) or government of beggars." Certainly, said James Wilson, it could only be "an insult upon the ...
Jack P. Greene, 1992
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Political Disquisitions
16. Of Sweden, ib, '□ 0f |be Bologhefe, i. ib. Of Marseilles, tb. Of Hol- Jand,7£f Of Spain, ib. Of Portugal, j, 19, Of the Swiss, ib. Of Poland, i. 20, British, a ptochocracy, I. 56. Inclines too much to aristocracy, i. 53, & 77. Advantages of, according to ...
James Burgh, 2009
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The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge
... therefore, taking it according to its avowed state, is neither absolute monarchy, nor limited monarchy, nor aristocracy, nor democracy, nor a mixture of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy ; but may be called a ptochocracy (the reader will ...
‎1774
9
Political disquisitions, or, An Inquiry into public errors, ...
Of Sweden, ib. Of the Bolognese, i. ib. Of Marseilles, ib. Of Holland, ib. Of Spain, ib. Of Portugal, i. i9. Of the Swiss, ib. Of Poland, i. 20. British, a ptochocracy, i. 50. Inclines too much to aristocracy, i. 53. & 77. Advantages of, according to Voltaire,  ...
J. B. Gent, 1775
10
Political Disquisitions: Or, an Enquiry Into Public Errors, ...
Of Spain, ib. Of Portugal,,i. 19. Ofthe Swiss, ib, Of Poland, i. 20. British, at ptochocracy, i. 50. Inclines too much to arislocracy, i. 53. 81 77. Advantages of, according to Vcltaire, i. -364. Profufion in, dangerous, i. 379. Clamours vagainsi, why, ii.
James Burgh, 1775

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« EDUCALINGO. Ptochocracy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ptochocracy>. Apr 2024 ».
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