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Definition of "kakistocracy" []

  • Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "kakistocracy" in a sentence
  • "The word kakistocracy, meaning "government by the worst citizens," is "a word worth remembering," he quips."
  • "Why must we be ruled by a "kakistocracy" -- a government by the worst citizens?"
  • "Steve Bell's Gordon as a big baby in a pooh-filled nappy may well have created the perfect image of the "kakistocracy"..."