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kak·is·toc·ra·cy

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(kăk'ĭ-stŏk'rə-sē, kä'kĭ-) pronunciation
n., pl., -cies.
Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.

[Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco- + -CRACY.]


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kakistocracy

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government by the worst men of the state

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