"webocracy" meaning in English

See webocracy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: webocracies [plural]
Etymology: Web + -o- + -cracy, dating from the 1990s. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Web|-o-|-cracy}} Web + -o- + -cracy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} webocracy (countable and uncountable, plural webocracies)
  1. (Internet) The online participation of citizens in democratic processes such as in online voting during parliament elections. Tags: Internet, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-webocracy-en-noun-ecdIILW8
  2. (Internet) Online users' joint participation in the creation of the Web content. Tags: Internet, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-webocracy-en-noun-VMgpzyoE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -o-, English terms suffixed with -cracy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -o-: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 38 62

Inflected forms

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