-cracy

See also: Category:English words suffixed with -ocracy

English

Alternative forms

• -ocracy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-kɹəsi/

Suffix

-cracy

1. rule

Usage notes

• Contrast -cracy with the far rarer, homophonous -crasy.

Synonyms

• -archy

Derived terms

• See Appendix:Forms of government

English terms suffixed with -cracy

Related terms

• -crat
• -cratic

Translations

rule

• Catalan: -cràcia f
• Danish: -krati (da) n
• Dutch: -cratie (nl) f
• Finnish: -kratia (fi)
• French: -cratie (fr) f
• Galician: -cracia f
• Georgian: -კრატია (-ḳraṭia)
• German: -kratie (de) f
• Greek: -κρατία (el) f (-kratía)
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• Hungarian: -krácia, -uralom (hu)
• Irish: -lathas m
• Italian: -crazia (it) f
• Malay: -krasi
• Persian: سالاری (fa) (-sālārī)
• Portuguese: -cracia (pt) f
• Romanian: -crație f
• Spanish: -cracia (es) f
• Swedish: -krati (sv) n