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Spanish
Etymology
From dedo + -cracia, from a dedo (“through connections”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /dedoˈkɾaθja/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /dedoˈkɾasja/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
- Syllabification: de‧do‧cra‧cia
Noun
dedocracia f (uncountable)
- (politics) cronyism, nepotism
- Synonym: enchufismo
2016 December 19, “Iglesias y Rivera apuestan por direcciones fuertes”, in El País:“Es un dato objetivo que se reducen las primarias; y que no habrá primarias para ningún cargo orgánico, con lo cual la dedocracia y el dominio del aparato será absoluto”, lamenta la eurodiputada Punset.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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