thanatocracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Nominal governance by a dead person, through posthumous holding of an official position of authority, or by popular veneration and lasting influence of a personal ideology; necrocracy.
The carrying out of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state.
The enactment of policies held to lead, directly or indirectly, to death or an increased risk of death.
A culture in which rituals relating to the dead play a unique or important role.
Endemic stagnation or decay.

/θænəˈtɒkɹəsi/ /θænəˈtɑkɹəsi/

thanatocracy thanatocracies

From thanato- + -cracy.

necrocracy

gerontocracy

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