-cracy

== English == === Alternative forms === -ocracy === Etymology === From Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía), from κράτος (krátos, “power”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-kɹəsi/ === Suffix === -cracy (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -cracies) rule (in the sense of governing). ==== Usage notes ==== Contrast -cracy with the far rarer, homophonous -crasy. ==== Synonyms ==== -archy ==== Derived terms ==== See Appendix:Forms of government ==== Related terms ==== -crat -cratic ==== Translations ====