-cracy
-cracy repr. F. -cratie, medL. -cratia, Gr. -kratíā power, rule (f. krátos strength, might, authority) in Gr. originals of ARISTOCRACY, DEMOCRACY, PLUTOCRACY. The suffix has in modern times acquired the sense of ‘ruling body or class’ of the kind denoted by the first element.
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