Meaning of kratocracy | Babel Free

Definitions

A government established by the forceful or cunning seizure of power and maintained by strength.

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Examples

“[…] as the cover for plutocracy is replaced by timocracy and by the one-man kratocracy which we call dictatorship.”

“To many outside observers, Turkey is a unique country that seems perpetually balancing on a steep precipice between kratocracy and democracy, between Islam and capitalism, or even more melodramatically, between East and West.”

“For, without its feeling of compassion, a kratocracy, […]”

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