"senilocracy" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "senile + -ocracy",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "senilocracies",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Forms of government",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1899, The Personal Opinions of Honore de Balzac, page 19",
          "text": "The national party is divided into two factions: the progressists, who want to overthrow the senilocracy and bring to power the young and vigorous capacities that are needed by the state of the country; and the acculards [blind alley men, \" stick-in-the-muds \"] who are endeavouring to cling to all the old clothes of our government.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1942 August 17, Life, page 84",
          "text": "The chairmen of committees are beyond the reach of the Administration and even of Congress itself and constitute a kind of senilocracy that makes as much trouble and confusion as anything in Congress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Soviet-American relations : understanding differences, avoiding conflicts, page 142",
          "text": "This apparent Soviet receptivity to arms control can be attributed to several factors. First, after a number of years of suffering under a “senilocracy,’ the Soviet Union, at last, is under the direction of a dynamic, “live” leader who is able to make decisions, to respond more flexibly to the challenges of East-West public diplomacy, and to appreciate the impact of Soviet behavior on other nations.",
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        "A form of government where society is ruled by the senile."
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  "word": "senilocracy"
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        "2": "senile",
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  "etymology_text": "senile + -ocracy",
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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1899, The Personal Opinions of Honore de Balzac, page 19",
          "text": "The national party is divided into two factions: the progressists, who want to overthrow the senilocracy and bring to power the young and vigorous capacities that are needed by the state of the country; and the acculards [blind alley men, \" stick-in-the-muds \"] who are endeavouring to cling to all the old clothes of our government.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1942 August 17, Life, page 84",
          "text": "The chairmen of committees are beyond the reach of the Administration and even of Congress itself and constitute a kind of senilocracy that makes as much trouble and confusion as anything in Congress.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Soviet-American relations : understanding differences, avoiding conflicts, page 142",
          "text": "This apparent Soviet receptivity to arms control can be attributed to several factors. First, after a number of years of suffering under a “senilocracy,’ the Soviet Union, at last, is under the direction of a dynamic, “live” leader who is able to make decisions, to respond more flexibly to the challenges of East-West public diplomacy, and to appreciate the impact of Soviet behavior on other nations.",
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