One Word Substitutions Part – 2 (Forms of Government)
–cracy words and -archy words of One Word Substitutions:
The suffixes -cracy and -archy came from Greek. The meanings of the suffixes are -cracy means ‘power’ and -archy means ‘rulership’. These –cracy words and -archy words as part of one word substitutions in English talk about the forms of government.
Examples of governments formed with these one word substitutions :
- Plutocracy is a rule or government by the wealthy.
- Kakistocracy is a rule or government by the worst.
- Anarchy is a rule or government of none.
- Aristrarcy is rule or government by the best.
Here is a long list of –cracy words and -archy words which indicate the form of government.
One word Substitutions –cracy words (Forms of Government)
| S.No. | Word | Meaning/Definition |
| 1 | acracy | A rule or government by none |
| 2 | adhocracy | A rule or government in an unstructured fashion |
| 3 | albocracy | A rule or government by white people |
| 4 | androcracy | A rule or government by men |
| 5 | anemocracy | A rule or government by the wind; especially in being changeable |
| 6 | angelocracy | A rule or government by angels |
| 7 | argentocracy | A rule or government by money |
| 8 | aristocracy | A rule or government by the nobility |
| 9 | arithmocracy | A rule or government by simple majority |
| 10 | autocracy | A rule or government by one individual |
| 11 | barbarocracy | A rule or government by barbarians |
| 12 | bestiocracy | A rule or government by beasts |
| 13 | bureaucracy | A rule or government by civil servants |
| 14 | capelocracy | A rule or government by shopkeepers |
| 15 | chirocracy | A rule or government by physical force |
| 16 | chrysoaristocracy,
chrysocracy |
A rule or government by the rich or wealthy |
| 17 | corpocracy | A rule or government by corporate bureaucrats |
| 18 | cottonocracy | A rule or government by those involved in the cotton trade |
| 19 | democracy | A rule or government by the people |
| 20 | demonocracy | A rule or government by demons or evil forces |
| 21 | despotocracy | A rule or government by despots or tyrants |
| 22 | diabolocracy | A rule or government by the Devil |
| 23 | doulocracy, dulocracy |
A rule or government by slaves |
| 24 | ergatocracy | A rule or government by the workers |
| 25 | ethnocracy | A rule or government by an ethnic group or race |
| 26 | foolocracy | A rule or government by fools |
| 27 | gerontocracy | A rule or government by the aged |
| 28 | gynaecocracy, gynocracy | A rule or government by women |
| 29 | hagiocracy | A rule or government by holy men |
| 30 | hierocracy | A rule or government by priests or religious ministers |
| 31 | idiocracy | A personal rule; self-rule |
| 32 | infantocracy | A rule or government by an infant |
| 33 | isocracy | A rule or equal political power |
| 34 | jesuitocracy | A rule or government by Jesuits |
| 35 | kakistocracy | A rule or government by the worst |
| 36 | kleptocracy | A rule or government by thieves |
| 37 | landocracy | A rule or government by the propertied class |
| 38 | logocracy | A rule or government of words |
| 39 | meritocracy | A rule or government by the meritorious |
| 40 | mesocracy | A rule or government by the middle classes |
| 41 | metrocracy | A rule or government by mothers or women |
| 42 | millionocracy | A rule or government by millionaires |
| 43 | millocracy | A rule or government by mill owners |
| 44 | mobocracy | A rule or government by mobs or crowds |
| 45 | moneyocracy | A rule or government by the rich The moneyed class as a dominant political force |
| 46 | monocracy | A rule or government by one individual |
| 47 | narcokleptocracy | A rule or government by those who profit from trade in illegal drugs |
| 48 | neocracy | A rule or government by new or inexperienced rulers |
| 49 | nomocracy | A rule or government based on legal system; rule of law |
| 50 | ochlocracy | A rule or government by mobs |
| 51 | paedocracy | A rule or government by children; paedarchy |
| 52 | pantisocracy | A rule or government by all equally |
| 53 | papyrocracy | A rule or government by newspapers or literature |
| 54 | partocracy | A rule or government by a single unopposed political party |
| 55 | pedantocracy | A rule or government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars |
| 56 | phallocracy | A rule or government by men |
| 57 | philosophocracy | A rule or government by philosophers |
| 58 | physiocracy | A rule or government according to natural laws or principles |
| 59 | pigmentocracy | A rule or government by those of one skin colour |
| 60 | plantocracy | A rule or government by plantation owners |
| 61 | plutocracy | A rule or government by the wealthy |
| 62 | policeocracy | A rule or government by police |
| 63 | polycracy | A rule or government by many rulers |
| 64 | popocracy | A rule or government by populists |
| 65 | pornocracy | A rule or government by harlots |
| 66 | prophetocracy | A rule or government by a prophet |
| 67 | psephocracy | A rule or government resulting from election by ballot |
| 68 | ptochocracy | A rule or government by beggars or paupers |
| 69 | punditocracy | A rule or government by political pundits |
| 70 | quangocracy | A rule of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization |
| 71 | shopocracy | A rule or government by shopkeepers |
| 72 | slavocracy | A rule or government by slave-owners |
| 73 | snobocracy | A rule or government by snobs |
| 74 | sociocracy | A rule or government by society as a whole |
| 75 | squarsonocracy | A rule or government by landholding clergymen |
| 76 | squattocracy | A rule or government by squatters |
| 77 | squirocracy | A rule or government by squires |
| 78 | statocracy | A rule or government by the state alone, without ecclesiastical influence |
| 79 | stratocracy | A military rule or despotism |
| 80 | strumpetocracy | A rule or government by strumpets |
| 81 | technocracy | A rule or government by technical experts |
| 82 | thalassocracy | A rule of sovereignty of the seas |
| 83 | theatrocracy | A rule or government by gathered assemblies of citizens |
| 84 | theocracy | A rule or government by priests or by religious law |
| 85 | timocracy | A rule or government by the propertied class |
| 86 | tritheocracy | A rule or government by three gods |
| 87 | xenocracy | A rule or government by a body of foreigners |
One word Substitutions -archy words (Forms of Government)
| S.No. | Word | Meaning/Definition |
| 1 | anarchy | A rule or government by none |
| 2 | antarchy | An opposition to rule or government |
| 3 | aristarchy | A rule or government by the best |
| 4 | autarchy | A rule or government by an absolute ruler |
| 5 | biarchy, binarchy, diarchy, dinarchy, duarchy, dyarchy | A rule or government by two people |
| 6 | chiliarchy | A rule or government by one thousand people |
| 7 | cryptarchy | A secret rulership |
| 8 | decadarchy, decarchy | A rule or government by ten individuals |
| 9 | demarchy | A rule or government by the people; popular government |
| 10 | demonarchy | A rule or government by a demon |
| 11 | dodecarchy | A rule or government by twelve people |
| 12 | ecclesiarchy | A rule or government by clerics or ecclesiastical authorities |
| 13 | endarchy | A centralised rule or government |
| 14 | ethnarchy | A rule or government over an ethnic group |
| 15 | exarchy | A rule or government by bishops |
| 16 | gunarchy, gynarchy | A rule or government by women |
| 17 | gymnasiarchy | A rule or government over a school or academy |
| 18 | hagiarchy | A rule or government by saints or holy persons |
| 19 | hamarchy | A rule or government by a cooperative body of parts |
| 20 | hecatontarchy | A rule or government by one hundred people |
| 21 | hendecarchy | A rule or government by eleven people |
| 22 | heptarchy | A rule or government by seven people |
| 23 | heroarchy | A rule or government by heroes |
| 24 | heterarchy | A rule or government by a foreign ruler |
| 25 | hierarchy | A rule or government by a ranked body; government by priests |
| 26 | hipparchy | A rule or control of horses |
| 27 | hoplarchy | A rule or government by the military |
| 28 | hyperanarchy | A rule or condition of extreme anarchy |
| 29 | hyperarchy | An excessive government |
| 30 | iatrarchy | A rule or government by physicians |
| 31 | kritarchy | A rule or government by judges |
| 32 | matriarchy | A rule or government by women or mothers |
| 33 | monarchy | A rule or government by one individual |
| 34 | myriarchy | A rule or government by ten thousand individuals |
| 35 | navarchy | A rule or rulership over the seas |
| 36 | octarchy | A rule or government by eight people |
| 37 | oligarchy | A rule or government by the few |
| 38 | paedarchy | A rule or government by children |
| 39 | panarchy | A universal rule or dominion |
| 40 | pantarchy | A rule or government by all the people; world government |
| 41 | paparchy | A rule or government by the pope |
| 42 | parsonarchy | A rule or government by parsons |
| 43 | patriarchy | A rule or government by men or fathers |
| 44 | pentarchy | A rule or government by five individuals |
| 45 | phylarchy | A rule or government by a specific class or tribe |
| 46 | plutarchy | A rule or government by the wealthy |
| 47 | polarchy, polyarchy | A rule or government by many people |
| 48 | pollarchy | A rule or government by the multitude or a mob |
| 49 | squatterarchy | A rule or government by squatters |
| 50 | squirearchy | A rule or government by squires |
| 51 | stratarchy | A rulership over an army |
| 52 | synarchy | A joint sovereignty |
| 53 | tetrarchy | A rule or government by four people |
| 54 | thalassiarchy | A rule or sovereignty of the seas |
| 55 | thearchy | A rule by a god or gods; body of divine rulers |
| 56 | timarchy | A rule or government by the propertied class |
| 57 | triarchy, tritarchy | A rule or government by three people |
Also, some other one-word substitutions which explain the forms of government have been given here for your reference.
Absolutism
A system or rule where unrestricted power is vested in a monarch or dictator
Capitalism
A rule or system where a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Colonialism
A policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Communalism
A system of rule or government where the state is seen as a loose federation of self-governing communities.
Constitutionalism
A system of government runs as per the constitution, esp a written constitution.
Corporatism
An organization of a state based on a corporative policy.
Despotism
the rule of an absolute, or tyrannical government
Dictatorship
A rule or government by a dictator or dictators
Distributism
A system where the means of production should be spread as widely as possible rather than being centralized under the control of the state.
Feudalism
A system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and worked and fought for them in return.
Imperialism
A rule by an emperor or a system of the imperial government.
Minarchism
A form of government that interferes minimum with individual rights and civil liberties.
Republicanism
A system or government formed by elected representatives of the people, rather than by a king or queen.
Socialism
A political system based on the idea that all people are equal and should share equally in a country’s money.
Totalitarianism
A political system where we find only one political party which controls everything and does not allow any opposition parties.
Tribalism
The state or fact of being organized in a tribe or tribes.
Tyranny
A form of government by a tyrant or tyrants.
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