"mortocracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mortocracies [plural]
Etymology: Latin mors (“death”) + -cracy Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|mors||death}} Latin mors (“death”), {{suf|en||cracy}} + -cracy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mortocracy (countable and uncountable, plural mortocracies)
  1. (rare) Rule or government based on death in some way. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable

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