Word: epistocracy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
pi
sto
cra
cy
Definition: Rule by citizens with political knowledge, or a proposed political system which concentrates political power in citizens according to their knowledge.
Morphemes:
Affix: epistocracy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Rule by citizens with political knowledge, or a proposed political system which concentrates political power in citizens according to their knowledge.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἐπιστήμη
Language: grc
Decoded: episteme
Meaning: knowledge
Affix: κρᾰ́τος
Language: grc
Decoded: kratos
Meaning: strength, power
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns