"militocracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: militocracies [plural]
Etymology: From milit(ary) + -ocracy. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|military|ocracy|alt1=milit(ary)}} milit(ary) + -ocracy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} militocracy (countable and uncountable, plural militocracies)
  1. The government of the armed forces. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Forms of government Synonyms: stratocracy Related terms: chirocracy

Inflected forms

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