[-cracy] n comb form [MF & LL; MF -cratie, fr. LL -cratia, fr. Gk -kratia, fr. kratos strength, power--more at hard] 1: form of government; also: state having such a form "monocracy"
2: social or political class (as of powerful persons) "mobocracy"
3: theory of social organization "technocracy"