Forms of Government
June 21st, 2005
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- adhocracy – government in an unstructured fashion; an unstructured organization
- anarchy – order without government
- andrarchy/androcracy – government by men
- anemocracy – government by the wind
- aristocracy – government by the nobility
- autarchy – government by an absolute ruler
- autocracy – government by one individual
- bureaucracy – government by civil servants
- confederacy – a union of sovereign states
- demarchy – government by the people by lot
- democracy – government by the people
- ethnocracy – government by a particular ethnic group
- gerontocracy – government by the aged
- gynarchy – government by women
- gynocracy – government by women; gynarchy
- heptarchy – government by seven people
- hierarchy – government by a ranked body; government by priests
- hierocracy – government by priests or religious ministers
- kakistocracy – government by the worst
- kleptocracy – government by thieves
- matriarchy – government by women or mothers
- meritocracy – government by those with merit
- monarchy – government by one individual
- ochlocracy – government by mobs
- oligarchy – government by the few
- panarchy – universal rule or dominion
- particracy – government by political parties
- patriarchy – government by men or fathers
- plantocracy – government by plantation owners
- plutocracy – government by the wealthy
- polyarchy – government by many people
- pornocracy – government by harlots
- synarchy – joint sovereignty
- technocracy – government by technical experts
- tetrarchy – government by four people
- thalassocracy – sovereignty of the seas
- theocracy – government by priests or by religious law
- timocracy – government by the propertied class
- xerocracy – government by photocopying
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