This article provides a comprehensive list of words with the suffix -cracy. The suffix -cracy is derived from the Greek word κρατειν, which means “to rule” or “to govern”. This suffix is often used to create words that denote a system of government or a form of rule. Examples of words with the suffix -cracy include ‘pedantocracy’ (rule by pedants or scholars), ‘antidemocracy’ (opposition to democracy), ‘ergatocracy’ (rule by workers), ‘metrocracy’ (rule by a metropolitan area or city), and ‘gynocracy’ (rule by women).
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The list of words with the suffix -cracy includes 92 words, which are arranged by common usage. Each word is provided without its meaning, allowing readers to explore the words and their meanings on their own. The list is a great resource for anyone interested in exploring the various forms of government and rule that the suffix -cracy can create.
The words arranged in the lists below are in order of frequency of use, from left to right and down.
democracy
bureaucracy
aristocracy
theocracy
autocracy
meritocracy
technocracy
plutocracy
pedantocracy
millocracy
philaristocracy
philosophocracy
physiocracy
plantocracy
plousiocracy
monocracy
papyrocracy
pantisocracy
neocracy
moneyocracy
nomocracy
nondemocracy
ochlocracy
ocracy
mobocracy
overdemocracy
polycracy
popocracy
squattocracy
squireocracy
statocracy
stratocracy
thalassocracy
theatrocracy
theodemocracy
timocracy
sociocracy
snobocracy
snipocracy
predemocracy
proaristocracy
prodemocracy
ptochocracy
riotocracy
shopocracy
syncracy
slavocracy
tritheocracy
millionocracy
adhocracy
chrysoaristocracy
chrysocracy
cosmocracy
cottonocracy
demonocracy
doulocracy
dulocracy
ergatocracy
capelocracy
beerocracy
acracy
albocracy
androcracy
angelocracy
antiaristocracy
antidemocracy
aristodemocracy
arithmocracy
athletocracy
ethnocracy
foolocracy
gerontocracy
jesuitocracy
juvenocracy
kakistocracy
lairdocracy
landocracy
logocracy
mediocracy
hierocracy
isocracy
idiosyncracy
hyperdemocracy
gynaecocracy
gynaeocracy
gynecocracy
gyneocracy
gynocracy
gunocracy
hagiocracy
hetaerocracy
metrocracy
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