lottocracy

English

Etymology

From lotto +‎ -cracy.

Noun

lottocracy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Demarchy.
    • 2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo‎[1]:
      Coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim, a demarchy, or lottocracy, is a form of government in which the state is governed by randomly selected decision makers who have been selected from a pool of eligible citizens.
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