kratocracy

noun

1. A government established by the forceful or cunning seizure of power and maintained by strength.

   […] as the cover for plutocracy is replaced by timocracy and by the one-man kratocracy which we call dictatorship.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength, might”) + -cracy.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry kratocracy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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