-cracy

The English suffix -cracy means a form of government or a state having such government. It is derived from the ancient Greek kratein, meaning "to rule". Words with this suffix include:

• adhocracy
• aristocracy
• autocracy
• bureaucracy
• corporatocracy
• democracy
• gerontocracy
• kakistocracy
• kleptocracy
• krytocracy
• meritocracy
• oligocracy
• plutocracy
• pornocracy
• stratocracy
• technocracy
• thalassocracy
• theocracy
• timocracy
• xerocracy

See also

• List of forms of government