onagrocrazia

== Italian == === Etymology === Coined by Italian philosopher, historian and politician Benedetto Croce in 1925, as a compound of Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass, onager”) (through the figurative meaning of “ignoramus, uncultured person” developed by its Italian descendant onagro) +‎ -crazia (“-cracy”, suffix indicating a form of government). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɔ.na.ɡro.kratˈt͡si.a/ Rhymes: -ia Hyphenation: o‧na‧gro‧cra‧zì‧a === Noun === onagrocrazia f (plural onagrocrazie) (politics) (uncountable) onagrocracy (rule by the ignorant and arrogant) a government that is an expression of such a rule === References === “onagrocrazia”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 11 moto–orac, UTET, 1981, page 953