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senilocracy

noun

Etymology

From senile + -ocracy.

  1. derived from *sénos✻
  2. derived from senīlis
  3. derived from senile
  4. derived from senile
  5. borrowed from sénile
  6. suffixed as senilocracy — “senile + ocracy”

Definitions

  1. A form of government where society is ruled by the senile.

    • Near-synonym: gerontocracy
    • The chairmen of committees are beyond the reach of the Administration and even of Congress itself and constitute a kind of senilocracy that makes as much trouble and confusion as anything in Congress.

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