Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The power or government of demons.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The power or government of demons.

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  • noun A government by or of (supernatural) demons, such as the government which in some mythologies exists in Hell.
  • noun Democracy (when regarded as resulting in, or being no better than, government by figurative demons (i.e., evil people), or when otherwise held in contempt).

Etymologies

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demon + -ocracy (epenthetic o + -cracy). The second sense arose due to the similarity of the words demonocracy and democracy.

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  • Government by demons or evil forces.

    May 22, 2008