"ethnocracy" meaning in English

See ethnocracy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ethnocracies [plural]
Etymology: From ethno- + -cracy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|ethno|cracy}} ethno- + -cracy Head templates: {{en-noun}} ethnocracy (plural ethnocracies)
  1. A form of government in which a particular ethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of government power. Wikipedia link: ethnocracy Categories (topical): Forms of government Related terms: ethnocratic Translations (form of government): 一族統治 (Chinese Mandarin), 一族统治 (Chinese Mandarin), 一族统治 (yīzú tǒngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), etnocratie [feminine] (Dutch), etnokratia (Finnish)

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