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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Government by the worst men in the state: opposed to aristocracy, government by the best men.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Government by the worst men.

Etymologies

  1. Ancient Greek κάκιστος (kakistos, "worst"), superlative of κακος (kakos, "bad") + -κρατια (-kratia, "power, rule, government"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco- + -cracy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • yarb Citation on thurible. Jun 19, 2009

  • machiavelli Kakistocracy (n): what we have now (if you are not a member of the ruling party). Nov 3, 2008

  • machiavelli Kakistocracy (n): what we have now (if you are not a member of the ruling party). Nov 3, 2008

  • frindley Word: kakistocracy. Definition: The government of a state by the worst citizens. A very useful word!
    (Helen Collins, London, England) Oct 15, 2008

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