English Explanatory Dictionary

heroarchy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A government controlled by heroes (people who are highly admired).

Word forms

heroarchy heroarchies

Etymology

From hero + -archy, influenced by hierarchy. Coined by Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle in his book On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History (1841).

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