English Explanatory Dictionary

neontocracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any society in which young children are highly valued (despite their relatively low social utility in objective terms); the practice, prevalent in the West, of so valuing young children.

Word forms

neontocracy neontocracies

Etymology

Coined by American anthropologist David Lancy and popularised through his 2008 book The Anthropology of Childhood; modelled on and contrasted with gerontocracy (“society in which elders are esteemed”).

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