-CRACY


Meaning of -CRACY in English

combining form

(in nouns) the government or rule of :

democracy

bureaucracy

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WORD ORIGIN

from French -cratie , via medieval Latin from Greek -kratia power, rule.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.