ethnocracy

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Etymology

From ethno- +‎ -cracy.

Noun

ethnocracy (plural ethnocracies)

  1. A form of government in which a particular ethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of government power.
    • 2005, Paul Dresch, Monarchies and Nations, →ISBN, page 119:
      In this sense, ethnocracy as a socio-political regime is outcome of ethnonationalism, that brand of nationalism that views the nation as a "natural" and ethnically "pure" community, as opposed to its liberal conceptualisation as a community based on equal rights and duties.

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