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Meaning of proctocracy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/pɹɒkˈtɒkɹəsɪ/

Definitions

Government or management by “arseholes” (i.e., inconsiderate, obnoxious, or otherwise highly objectionable people).

humorous, neologism, no-plural, rare

Examples

“Come the Revolution we’ll have other Ass-holes ruling us. Long live the Proctocracy.”
“It was instinctive dealing with the US proctocracy and its blinkered cheer-squad!”
“A more recent workplace use of the same root is the notion of labouring under a proctocracy, defined as ‘rule by assholes’.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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