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Words for Government

All of the answers are a single word ending in either ARCHY or CRACY.
Based on the ruling group, name the system of government.
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Last updated: July 16, 2020
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First submittedOctober 5, 2010
Times taken66,482
Average score50.0%
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Who Rules
Word
The people
Democracy
A king or queen
Monarchy
The rich
Plutocracy
Hereditary nobles
Aristocracy
Government officials
Bureaucracy
The most able
Meritocracy
Religious leaders
Theocracy
Who Rules
Word
No one
Anarchy
A single person
Autocracy
Men
Patriarchy
Women
Matriarchy
A social elite
Oligarchy
Thieves
Kleptocracy
The elderly
Gerontocracy
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Level 65
Oct 6, 2010
Very tough!
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Level 41
Apr 28, 2014
Although oligarchy in effect does mean the rule of social elite, the term was devised to describe the rule of the few (as opposed the rule of a single person or a whole nation).
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Level 69
Apr 11, 2015
yeah, an oligarchy does not have to be a "social" elite. it would be much clearer simply as "rule by a few"
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Level 35
Jun 2, 2014
It accepted Androcracy for patriarchy O.o
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Level 21
Sep 23, 2014
You should accept America for Thieves.
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Level 52
May 29, 2015
Why not all countries with high taxes? Stealing our money :P
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Level 51
Mar 15, 2024
yeah! Who needs roads, police, schools, pensions, safe food, prisons, courts, an army, universities, bridges, hospitals, fire fighters, environmental protection etc etc?
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Level 55
Jun 17, 2015
I'll admit I tried "capitalism"...haha. (Yes, I know it doesn't end with either of the two options, and yes, I know capitalism blah blah blah....yeah).
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Level 57
Nov 5, 2021
If you know all this blablabla then why try it? ;p
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Level 55
Jul 22, 2020
Cackled.
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Level 33
Oct 12, 2014
"the most able" is aristocracy, i.e. "rule of the best", the best being the most able by definition, since they are the best.
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Level 88
Jul 18, 2018
Es loco.
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Level 66
Sep 17, 2019
why are aristrocrats the best?
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Level 72
Mar 21, 2020
Because that is the literal meaning of the Greek.
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Level 43
Oct 23, 2014
you forgot Kyrgyzstocracy - rule by Jetpunk
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Level 52
May 29, 2015
The Kyrgyz rule JetPunk? :P
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Level 88
Aug 13, 2018
Srijayawardenepurakotteocracy is more apt. It's what they've settled on in Nicosia and East Jerusalem.
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Level 50
Jun 15, 2021
haha!
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Level 52
May 29, 2015
Go monarchies (those that are democracies too)! :P
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Level 54
Oct 16, 2015
Haha honestly I can't believe that I got Gerontocracy just because I knew that Gerontology was a term for the study of old people and I thought hey why not put them together? But I somehow couldn't remember the more obvious one about the nobles and the Aristocracy. Oh well I still got 12/14 which is better than most.
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Level 66
Jul 5, 2019
I tried geriarchy or gerocracy or something
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Level 57
Nov 5, 2021
Yeah I tried a bunch of different variations based on geriatrics, but never got it right.
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Level 74
Dec 23, 2015
Could probably accept "dictatorship" for Autocracy
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Level 70
Dec 27, 2015
Certainly could accept it (as it is correct), but not within the rules stated at the top of the page.
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Level 65
Jan 17, 2016

I don't want to be one of those nitpickers on Jetpunk, but monarchy literally means "one ruler" and does not necessarily mean a king or queen rules. A dictatorship is a monarchy. Maybe you can remove "monarchy" or "autocracy"...

I would never be able to guess "Gerontocracy" or "Matriarchy", but I did somehow get "Patriarchy". I don't know how. And, Anarchy is not a form of government, rather it is the lack of one. Maybe you shouldn't remove that because it's one of the most guessed.

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Level 72
Mar 21, 2020
I don't know how you got it @cosmokim since literally "patriarchy" is rule by fathers, by your reasoning it shouldn't have been an answer to the prompt. Androcracy would the right answer, though it's not in my dictionary. Same applies for matriarchy = rule by mothers: answer should have been gynocracy; that is in my dictionary curiously enough. I think we should be told why.
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Level 66
Jan 7, 2018
No Necrocracy?
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Level 66
Mar 7, 2019
Rule by the dead?
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Level 82
Jul 20, 2019
Technically the head of state of North Korea is still Kim Il Sung. Hitchens called it the world's only thanatocracy.
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Level 42
Aug 13, 2018
Good quiz!
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Level 66
Aug 13, 2018
Can you add Necrocracy? a type of government where a dead person is the ruler. Like Halloween Town, Raccoon City or North Korea/
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Level 67
Dec 3, 2018
Several of these apply to the USA. Plutocracy , oligarchy, patriarchy, kleptocracy, bureaucracy, gerontocracy, and democracy to a lesser degree.
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Level 68
Nov 5, 2021
Bruh why do you even care?
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Level 67
Jan 26, 2023
because people cant keep their mouths shut when something slightly political comes up
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Level 66
Mar 8, 2019
only got democracy, monarchy and kleptocracy :(
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Level 70
Apr 18, 2019
Would not have known kleptocracy before 2016
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Level 46
Jul 20, 2019
Oligarchy misses the mark for this definition; it is rule by a small, select group with a common interest, not necessarily social, more commonly business or military
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Level 67
Jul 22, 2020
12/14. I'm not unhappy with that.
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Level 66
Jul 22, 2020
What about technocracy for 'the most able'?
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Level 74
Jul 22, 2020
That would be more a "Government of Experts", although surely a worthy addition.
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Level 66
Jul 22, 2020
Kleptocracy... this was particularly simple, since the press of my country (Br) uses this term diary to refer the governament. and of course, people here and all over the world can't disagree.
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Level 68
Jul 22, 2020
You should add Kakistocracy: Government by the worst people. We know about that.
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Level 88
Jul 22, 2020
Wow, how are you able to use Jetpunk in North Korea?
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Level 65
Jul 22, 2020
Surprisingly very low average score for this one, imo.
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Level 75
Jul 22, 2020
Why isn't gynarchy accepted for rule by women? Merriam-Webster definition of gynarchy: "government by women".
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Level 57
Jul 22, 2020
add technocracy
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Level 76
Jul 23, 2020
Remind me to never again look at the comment section of any quiz even *remotely* related to government...
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Level 84
Nov 5, 2021
Bill - the toxicity level of comments on Jetpunk is the mildest of the mild, compared to many many sites. (Looking at you, YouTube!)

I would guess this is because comments on Jetpunk are moderated, though I'll admit to not knowing how rigidly the rules are enforced.

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Level 51
Jul 23, 2020
Easy, got them all. Shocked by the low scores.
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Level 88
Jul 24, 2020
Seeing "Words For Government" seems to promise to take away the kid friendly G-rating away from Jetpunk.
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Level 68
Jan 28, 2021
you should add squarsonocracy!
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Level 67
Jun 15, 2021
Got kleptocracy
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Level 45
Sep 18, 2021
didn’t know kleptocracy was a thing but tried it anyways haha
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Level 64
Sep 18, 2021
I tried Toryocracy and Borisocracy for government by thieves. How come they didn't work? That dratted darned USA bias again, I expect ;)
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Level 57
Nov 5, 2021
Pornocracy!
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Level 65
Mar 6, 2022
Idiocracy, the rule of the stupid
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Level 38
Apr 25, 2023
So America is supposed to be a "democracy" but is mostly a gerontocracy, plutocracy, bureaucracy, and almost a patriarchy.
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Level 64
Dec 18, 2023
Would be fun to have krato- (rule by the strong). Thalasso- and telluro- are also interesting, but apparently it means that economic control of the sea or land is the source of power, not that you literally elect the sea to Parliament and interpret its waves as expressing decisions. Wasted opportunity if you ask me!
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Level 51
Mar 15, 2024
pantisocracy - rule by all equally