
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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