"boobocracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Rhymes: -ɒkɹəsi Etymology: boob + -o- + -cracy; apparently coined in imitation of booboisie Etymology templates: {{af|en|boob|-o-|-cracy}} boob + -o- + -cracy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} boobocracy (uncountable)
  1. Rule by the ignorant and uneducated. Tags: uncountable

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          "ref": "1984, Anthony West, H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life, London: Hutchinson, →OL, page 126",
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