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The [[English language|English]] [[suffix]] '''''-cracy''''' means a [[form of government]] or a [[state]] having such [[government]]. It is derived from the [[Greek language|ancient Greek]] ''kratein'', meaning "to rule". Words with this suffix include:

*[[adhocracy]]
*[[aristocracy]]
*[[autocracy]]
*[[bureaucracy]]
*[[corporatocracy]]
*[[democracy]]
*[[gerontocracy]]
*[[kakistocracy]]
*[[kleptocracy]]
*[[krytocracy]]
*[[meritocracy]]
*[[oligocracy]]
*[[plutocracy]]
*[[pornocracy]]
*[[Wiktionary:stratocracy|stratocracy]]
*[[technocracy]]
*[[thalassocracy]]
*[[theocracy]]
*[[timocracy]]
*[[xerocracy]]

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== See also ==

* [[List of forms of government]]

[[Category:English suffixes|cracy]]

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