gerontocracy

🇬🇧 UK/.dʒerɒn'tɒkrәsi/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A system of government or rule dominated by elderly people.

老人统治;老人执政制度

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
gerontoroot
+
cracyrule, government
=gerontocracy

Common Collocations

  • 1.forms of gerontocracy老人统治的形式
  • 2.rule of gerontocracy老人统治的规则

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Some argue the country has become a gerontocracy with elderly leaders.

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