dedocracia

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Spanish

Etymology

From dedo +‎ -cracia, from a dedo (through connections)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /dedoˈkɾaθja/ [d̪e.ð̞oˈkɾa.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /dedoˈkɾasja/ [d̪e.ð̞oˈkɾa.sja]

Noun

dedocracia f (uncountable)

  1. (politics) cronyism, nepotism
    • 2016 December 19, “Iglesias y Rivera apuestan por direcciones fuertes”, in El País[1]:
      “Es un dato objetivo que se reducen las primarias; y que no habrá primarias para ningún cargo orgánico, con lo cual la dedocracia y el dominio del aparato será absoluto”, lamenta la eurodiputada Punset.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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