Word: securocracy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: se
cu
ro
cra
cy
Definition: The police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
Morphemes:
Affix: secure
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Free from the danger of theft; safe.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: se-
Language: la
Decoded: se-
Meaning: without
Affix: cura
Language: la
Decoded: cura
Meaning: care
Affix: -ity
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -itātem
Language: la
Decoded: -itatem
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"
Affix: -cracy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: rule
Etymology Compounds: 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