-cratic

-cratic
comb. form (also -cratical) denoting a particular kind of government or rule (autocratic; democratic).
Derivatives:
-cratically comb. form (adv.)
Etymology: from or after F -cratique: see -CRACY

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— see -crat

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-cratic or -cratical adj combining form
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Main Entry:-cracy

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comb. form relating to a particular kind of government or rule

bureaucratic | democratic

Origin:
from French -cratique, from -cratie (see -cracy)

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-cratic ; (in adjectives)

aristocratic

Main entry: ↑-cratderived

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