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ptochocracy

Meaning of "ptochocracy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PTOCHOCRACY

From Greek, from ptochos poor + -cracy.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PTOCHOCRACY

təʊˈkɒkrəsɪ


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 · aristocracy · autocracy · bureaucracy · cottonocracy · democracy · demonocracy · gerontocracy · gynaecocracy · gynecocracy · hypocrisy · kakistocracy · kleptocracy · mediocracy · meritocracy · mobocracy · pedantocracy · plutocracy · technocracy · theocracy

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

Find out the translation of ptochocracy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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.
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ptochocracy
1,325 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
570 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
510 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
380 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
280 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
278 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
270 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
260 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
220 millions of speakers
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Pokokokrasi
190 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
180 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
130 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
85 millions of speakers
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Pthokokrasi
85 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
80 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
75 millions of speakers
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Ptochocracy
75 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
70 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
65 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
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ptochocracy
40 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
30 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
15 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
14 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
10 millions of speakers
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ptochocracy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ptochocracy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PTOCHOCRACY»

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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
2
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
4
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
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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
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ptochocracy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ptochocracy>. May 2024 ».
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