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    -cracy
    -ocracy /ɒkrəsi $ ɑːk-/ (also -cracy) suffix [in nouns]
     Language: Old French
     Origin: -cracie, from Late Latin -cratia, from Greek, from kratos 'strength, power'
    government by a particular sort of people or according to a particular principle:
        democracy (=government by the people)
        meritocracy (=government by people with the most ability)


    -cracy combining form (in nouns 构成名词) the government or rule of …的政府；…的统治◆democracy民主政体◆bureaucracy官僚体制