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| acracy | government by none; anarchy |
| adhocracy | government in an unstructured fashion; an unstructured organization |
| albocracy | government by white people |
| anarchy | government by none |
| androcracy | government by men |
| anemocracy | government by the wind or by whim |
| angelocracy | government by angels |
| antarchy | opposition to government; anarchy |
| argentocracy | government by money |
| aristarchy | government by the best |
| aristocracy | government by the nobility |
| arithmocracy | government by simple majority |
| autarchy | government by an absolute ruler |
| autocracy | government by one individual |
| barbarocracy | government by barbarians |
| beerocracy | government by brewers or brewing interests |
| bestiocracy | rule by beasts |
| biarchy | government by two people; diarchy |
| binarchy | government by two people; diarchy |
| bureaucracy | government by civil servants |
| cannonarchy | government by superior firepower or by cannons |
| capelocracy | government by shopkeepers |
| chiliarchy | government by one thousand people |
| chirocracy | government by physical force |
| chromatocracy | government by rulers of a particular skin colour |
| chrysoaristocracy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy |
| chrysocracy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy |
| corpocracy | government by corporate bureaucrats |
| cosmarchy | rulership over the entire world, esp. by the devil |
| cottonocracy | government by those involved in the cotton trade |
| cryptarchy | secret rulership |
| decadarchy | government by ten individuals; decarchy |
| decarchy | government by ten individuals |
| demarchy | government by the people; popular government |
| democracy | government by the people |
| demonarchy | government by a demon |
| demonocracy | government by demons or evil forces |
| despotocracy | government by despots or tyrants |
| diabolocracy | government by the Devil |
| diarchy | government by two people |
| dinarchy | government by two people; diarchy |
| dodecarchy | government by twelve people |
| doulocracy | government by slaves |
| duarchy | government by two people; diarchy |
| dulocracy | government by slaves; doulocracy |
| dyarchy | government by two people; diarchy |
| ecclesiarchy | government by clerics or ecclesiastical authorities |
| endarchy | centralised government |
| ergatocracy | government by the workers or the working class |
| ethnarchy | government over an ethnic group |
| ethnocracy | government by an ethnic group or race |
| exarchy | government by bishops |
| foolocracy | government by fools |
| gerontocracy | government by the aged |
| gunarchy | government by women; gynarchy |
| gymnasiarchy | government over a school or academy |
| gynaecocracy | government by women; gynarchy |
| gynarchy | government by women |
| gynocracy | government by women; gynarchy |
| hagiarchy | government by saints or holy persons |
| hagiocracy | government by holy men |
| hamarchy | government by a cooperative body of parts |
| hecatarchy | government by one hundred people; hecatontarchy |
| hecatontarchy | government by one hundred people |
| hendecarchy | government by eleven people |
| heptarchy | government by seven people |
| heroarchy | government by heroes |
| hetaerocracy | government by paramours |
| heterarchy | government by a foreign ruler |
| hierarchy | government by a ranked body; government by priests |
| hierocracy | government by priests or religious ministers |
| hipparchy | rule or control of horses |
| hoplarchy | government by the military |
| hyperanarchy | condition of extreme anarchy |
| hyperarchy | excessive government |
| iatrarchy | government by physicians |
| idiocracy | personal rule; self-rule |
| infantocracy | government by an infant |
| isocracy | equal political power |
| jesuitocracy | government by Jesuits |
| juntocracy | government by a junta |
| kakistocracy | government by the worst |
| kleptocracy | government by thieves |
| kritarchy | government by judges |
| landocracy | government by the propertied class; timocracy |
| logocracy | government of words |
| matriarchy | government by women or mothers |
| meritocracy | government by the meritorious |
| merocracy | government by a part of the citizenry |
| mesocracy | government by the middle classes |
| metrocracy | government by mothers or women; matriarchy |
| millionocracy | government by millionaires |
| millocracy | government by mill owners |
| mobocracy | government by mobs or crowds |
| monarchy | government by one individual |
| moneyocracy | government by the monied classes |
| monocracy | government by one individual |
| myriarchy | government by ten thousand individuals |
| narcokleptocracy | government by those who profit from trade in illegal drugs |
| navarchy | rulership over the seas |
| neocracy | government by new or inexperienced rulers |
| nomocracy | government based on legal system; rule of law |
| ochlocracy | government by mobs |
| octarchy | government by eight people |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| paedarchy | government by children |
| paedocracy | government by children; paedarchy |
| panarchy | universal rule or dominion |
| pantarchy | government by all the people; world government |
| pantisocracy | government by all equally |
| paparchy | government by the pope |
| papyrocracy | government by newspapers or literature |
| parsonarchy | government by parsons |
| partocracy | government by a single unopposed political party |
| patriarchy | government by men or fathers |
| pedantocracy | government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars |
| pentarchy | government by five individuals |
| phallocracy | government by men |
| philosophocracy | government by philosophers |
| phylarchy | government by a specific class or tribe |
| physiocracy | government according to natural laws or principles |
| pigmentocracy | government by those of one skin colour |
| plantocracy | government by plantation owners |
| plousiocracy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy |
| plutarchy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| polarchy | government by many people; polyarchy |
| policeocracy | government by police |
| pollarchy | government by the multitude or a mob; ochlocracy |
| polyarchy | government by many people |
| polycracy | government by many rulers; polyarchy |
| popocracy | government by populists |
| pornocracy | government by harlots |
| prophetocracy | government by a prophet |
| psephocracy | government resulting from election by ballot |
| ptochocracy | government by beggars or paupers; wholesale pauperization |
| punditocracy | government by political pundits |
| quangocracy | rule of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations |
| rotocracy | government by those who control rotten boroughs |
| septarchy | government by seven rulers; heptarchy |
| shopocracy | government by shopkeepers |
| slavocracy | government by slave-owners |
| snobocracy | government by snobs |
| sociocracy | government by society as a whole |
| squarsonocracy | government by landholding clergymen |
| squatterarchy | government by squatters; squattocracy |
| squattocracy | government by squatters |
| squirearchy | government by squires |
| squirocracy | government by squires; squirearchy |
| statocracy | government by the state alone, without ecclesiastical influence |
| stratarchy | rulership over an army |
| stratocracy | military rule or despotism |
| strumpetocracy | government by strumpets |
| synarchy | joint sovereignty |
| technocracy | government by technical experts |
| tetradarchy | government by four people; tetrarchy |
| tetrarchy | government by four people |
| thalassiarchy | sovereignty of the seas; thalassocracy |
| thalassocracy | sovereignty of the seas |
| thearchy | rule by a god or gods; body of divine rulers |
| theatrocracy | goverment by gathered assemblies of citizens |
| theocracy | government by priests or by religious law |
| timarchy | government by the propertied class; timocracy |
| timocracy | government by the propertied class |
| triarchy | government by three people |
| tritarchy | government by three people; triarchy |
| tritheocracy | government by three gods |
| whiggarchy | government by Whigs |
| xenocracy | government by a body of foreigners |
