clericocracy

English

Etymology

From cleric +‎ -o- +‎ -cracy.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒkɹəsi

Noun

clericocracy (uncountable)

  1. (rare, politics) Rule by clerics.
    Antonym: anticlericalism
    Hypernym: ideocracy
    Near-synonym: theocracy
    • 1988, K. Seshadri, Marxism and Indian Polity, page 120:
      Marx in his analysis of the East India Company had already characterised the nature of the company's administration — the clericocracy.
    • 2011, Leslie Francis, The Public Significance of Religion, page 32:
      Does this mean that religions are still more attached to (hybrid forms of) theocracy, clericocracy and monocracy than to democracy, which underlies the two principles?
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