statocracy

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From state +‎ -o- +‎ -cracy, as in democracy.

Noun[edit]

statocracy (countable and uncountable, plural statocracies)

  1. government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power
    • 1861, Orestes Brownson, “Pope and EMperor”, in Brownson's Quarterly Review:
      Do they not see that if in theocracy they lose man , in their statocracy they lose God

Translations[edit]

Translations
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=statocracy&oldid=75912940"