English Explanatory Dictionary

mediocrat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A politician or bureaucrat of mediocre ability.
  2. An advocate of mediocracy; one who prefers to avoid controversy, change and risk.
  3. An ordinary person with no special abilities; a mediocrity.
  4. A politician or leader from a middle-class background.
  5. A plant species that thrives in moderate conditions.

Word forms

mediocrat mediocrats

Etymology

From medio- + -crat.

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