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kakistocracy
 
SYLLABICATION:kak·is·toc·ra·cy
PRONUNCIATION:  kk-stkr-s, käk-
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. kak·is·toc·ra·cies
Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco– + –cracy.
 
 
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