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Today's Word "kakistocracy"

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kakistocracy \kak-uh-STAH-kruh-see\ (noun) - Government by the worst people.

"After watching all of the suspicious tomfoolery engaged in by both parties during the recent election, Jed was convinced that the government was, once and for all, a complete and utter kakistocracy."

 

A combination of the Greek "kakistos" (superlative of "kakos," which means "bad") and the English suffix "-cracy," meaning "form of government."


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