gerontocracy

gerontocracy

English

Etymology

geronto- +‎ -cracy, from Ancient Greek

Noun

gerontocracy (plural gerontocracies)

1. Government by elders.

Related terms

• gerontocrat
• gerontocratic
• gerontocratical
• gerontocratically

 

Translations

government by elders

Czech: gerontokracie (cs) f Dutch: gerontocratie (nl) f Finnish: gerontokratia French: gérontocratie (fr) f German: Gerontokratie (de) f

Greek: γεροντοκρατία (el) f (gerontokratía) Malay: gerontokrasi Romanian: gerontocrație (ro) f Russian: геронтокра́тия (ru) f (gerontokrátija) Spanish: gerontocracia (es) f