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What is a government?

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It has been suggested that every government which has ever existed has been a prime example of kakistocracy, or the rule of the worst, but this list of over 160 different types of leadership suggests that that might be a bit too simplistic. Each of the following words indicates a type of government by a certain kind of person or institution. Everyone seems to want to get in on this rulership gig, from saints and mothers to beggars and prostitutes (hmm …). Etymologically-minded folks should note the difference between the suffix ‘archy’, meaning ‘rulership’, and ‘cracy’, meaning ‘power’, which both come from Greek roots. This fact, of course, should suggest to any reasonable-minded person that the Greek people are inherently more fit to rule than all other groups. At least in my world …LINK
Word  Definition  
acracy  government by none; anarchy  
adhocracy  government in an unstructured fashion; an unstructured organization  
albocracy  government by white people  
anarchy  government by none  
androcracy  government by men  
anemocracy  government by the wind or by whim  
angelocracy  government by angels  
antarchy  opposition to government; anarchy  
argentocracy  government by money  
aristarchy  government by the best  
aristocracy  government by the nobility  
arithmocracy  government by simple majority  
autarchy  government by an absolute ruler  
autocracy  government by one individual  
barbarocracy  government by barbarians  
beerocracy  government by brewers or brewing interests  
biarchy  government by two people; diarchy  
binarchy  government by two people; diarchy  
bureaucracy  government by civil servants  
cannonarchy  government by superior firepower or by cannons  
capelocracy  government by shopkeepers  
chiliarchy  government by one thousand people  
chirocracy  government by physical force  
chromatocracy  government by rulers of a particular skin colour  
chrysoaristocracy  government by the wealthy; plutocracy  
chrysocracy  government by the wealthy; plutocracy  
corpocracy  government by corporate bureaucrats  
cosmarchy  rulership over the entire world, esp. by the devil  
cottonocracy  government by those involved in the cotton trade  
cryptarchy  secret rulership  
decadarchy  government by ten individuals; decarchy  
decarchy  government by ten individuals  
demarchy  government by the people; popular government  
democracy  government by the people  
demonarchy  government by a demon  
demonocracy  government by demons or evil forces  
despotocracy  government by despots or tyrants  
diabolocracy  government by the Devil  
diarchy  government by two people  
dinarchy  government by two people; diarchy  
dodecarchy  government by twelve people  
doulocracy  government by slaves  
duarchy  government by two people; diarchy  
dulocracy  government by slaves; doulocracy  
dyarchy  government by two people; diarchy  
ecclesiarchy  government by clerics or ecclesiastical authorities  
endarchy  centralised government  
ergatocracy  government by the workers or the working class  
ethnarchy  government over an ethnic group  
ethnocracy  government by an ethnic group or race  
exarchy  government by bishops  
foolocracy  government by fools  
gerontocracy  government by the aged  
gunarchy  government by women; gynarchy  
gymnasiarchy  government over a school or academy  
gynaecocracy  government by women; gynarchy  
gynarchy  government by women  
gynocracy  government by women; gynarchy  
hagiarchy  government by saints or holy persons  
hagiocracy  government by holy men  
hamarchy  government by a cooperative body of parts  
hecatarchy  government by one hundred people; hecatontarchy  
hecatontarchy  government by one hundred people  
hendecarchy  government by eleven people  
heptarchy  government by seven people  
heroarchy  government by heroes  
hetaerocracy  government by paramours  
heterarchy  government by a foreign ruler  
hierarchy  government by a ranked body; government by priests  
hierocracy  government by priests or religious ministers  
hipparchy  rule or control of horses  
hoplarchy  government by the military  
hyperanarchy  condition of extreme anarchy  
hyperarchy  excessive government  
iatrarchy  government by physicians  
infantocracy  government by an infant  
isocracy  equal political power  
jesuitocracy  government by Jesuits  
juntocracy  government by a junta  
kakistocracy  government by the worst  
kleptocracy  government by thieves  
kritarchy  government by judges  
landocracy  government by the propertied class; timocracy  
logocracy  government of words  
matriarchy  government by women or mothers  
meritocracy  government by the meritorious  
merocracy  government by a part of the citizenry  
mesocracy  government by the middle classes  
metrocracy  government by mothers or women; matriarchy  
millionocracy  government by millionaires  
millocracy  government by mill owners  
mobocracy  government by mobs or crowds  
monarchy  government by one individual  
moneyocracy  government by the monied classes  
monocracy  government by one individual  
myriarchy  government by ten thousand individuals  
navarchy  rulership over the seas  
neocracy  government by new or inexperienced rulers  
nomocracy  government based on legal system; rule of law  
ochlocracy  government by mobs  
octarchy  government by eight people  
oligarchy  government by the few  
paedarchy  government by children  
paedocracy  government by children; paedarchy  
panarchy  universal rule or dominion  
pantarchy  government by all the people; world government  
pantisocracy  government by all equally  
paparchy  government by the pope  
papyrocracy  government by newspapers or literature  
parsonarchy  government by parsons  
partocracy  government by a single unopposed political party  
patriarchy  government by men or fathers  
pedantocracy  government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars  
pentarchy  government by five individuals  
phallocracy  government by men  
philosophocracy  government by philosophers  
phylarchy  government by a specific class or tribe  
physiocracy  government according to natural laws or principles  
pigmentocracy  government by those of one skin colour  
plantocracy  government by plantation owners  
plousiocracy  government by the wealthy; plutocracy  
plutarchy  government by the wealthy; plutocracy  
plutocracy  government by the wealthy  
polarchy  government by many people; polyarchy  
policeocracy  government by police  
pollarchy  government by the multitude or a mob; ochlocracy  
polyarchy  government by many people  
polycracy  government by many rulers; polyarchy  
popocracy  government by populists  
pornocracy  government by harlots  
prophetocracy  government by a prophet  
psephocracy  government resulting from election by ballot  
ptochocracy  government by beggars or paupers; wholesale pauperization  
punditocracy  government by political pundits  
quangocracy  rule of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations  
rotocracy  government by those who control rotten boroughs  
septarchy  government by seven rulers; heptarchy  
shopocracy  government by shopkeepers  
slavocracy  government by slave-owners  
snobocracy  government by snobs  
sociocracy  government by society as a whole  
squarsonocracy  government by landholding clergymen  
squatterarchy  government by squatters; squattocracy  
squattocracy  government by squatters  
squirearchy  government by squires  
squirocracy  government by squires; squirearchy  
statocracy  government by the state alone, without ecclesiastical influence  
stratarchy  rulership over an army  
stratocracy  military rule or despotism  
strumpetocracy  government by strumpets  
synarchy  joint sovereignty  
technocracy  government by technical experts  
tetradarchy  government by four people; tetrarchy  
tetrarchy  government by four people  
thalassiarchy  sovereignty of the seas; thalassocracy  
thalassocracy  sovereignty of the seas  
thearchy  rule by a god or gods; body of divine rulers  
theatrocracy  goverment by gathered assemblies of citizens  
theocracy  government by priests or by religious law  
timarchy  government by the propertied class; timocracy  
timocracy  government by the propertied class  
triarchy  government by three people  
tritarchy  government by three people; triarchy  
tritheocracy  government by three gods  
whiggarchy  government by Whigs  
xenocracy  government by a body of foreigners

Bush must use this list because the way he governs changes almost everyday.

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