Is ours a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," or a kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools?
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Kakistocracy — Kak is*toc ra*cy (k[a^]k [i^]s*t[o^]k r[.a]*s[y^]), n. [Gr. ka kistos worst + kratei^n to rule.] Government by the worst men. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kakistocracy — (n.) 1829, government by the worst element of a society, coined on analogy of its opposite, ARISTOCRACY (Cf. aristocracy), from Gk. kakistos worst, superlative of kakos bad (which perhaps is related to the general IE word for defecate ) + CRACY… … Etymology dictionary
Kakistocracy — … Wikipedia
kakistocracy — kakistocratical /keuh kis teuh krat i keuhl/, adj. /kak euh stok reuh see/, n., pl. kakistocracies. government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power. [1820 30; < Gk kákisto(s), superl. of kakós bad +… … Universalium
kakistocracy — government by the worst Forms of Government … Phrontistery dictionary
kakistocracy — n. government by the worst possible individuals … English contemporary dictionary
kakistocracy — kak·is·toc·ra·cy … English syllables
kakistocracy — Rulership by the worst leader … Grandiloquent dictionary
kakistocracy — n. government by worst people … Dictionary of difficult words
kakistocracy — ˌkakə̇ˈstäkrəsē noun ( es) Etymology: Greek kakistos (superl. of kakos bad) + English cracy more at cack : government by the worst men … Useful english dictionary
