word-forming element; -cracy with a connective -o-.
Entries linking to -ocracy
-cracy
word-forming element forming nouns meaning "rule or government by," from French -cratie or directly from Medieval Latin -cratia, from Greek -kratia "power, might; rule, sway; power over; a power, authority," from kratos "strength," from PIE *kre-tes- "power, strength," suffixed form of root *kar- "hard." The connective -o- has come to be viewed as part of it. Productive in English from c. 1800.
foolocracy n.
1832, from fool (n.) + -ocracy.
snobocracy n.
"snobs collectively," especially as exercising social influence of power, 1838, from snob + -ocracy.