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ARITHMOCRACY

\ˌaɹɪθmˈɒkɹəsi], \ˌaɹɪθmˈɒkɹəsi], \ˌa_ɹ_ɪ_θ_m_ˈɒ_k_ɹ_ə_s_i]\

Definitions of ARITHMOCRACY

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1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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Rule or government by a majority. "A democracy of mere numbers is no democracy, but a mere brute arithmocracy." - Kingsley.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

ar-ith-mok'ras-i, n. a democracy of mere numbers.--adj. ARITHMOCRAT'IC. [A coinage of Kingsley--Gr. arithmos, number, kratia, rule.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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