• Dumbocracy

    Origin

    endumb or . First use appears c. 1980.

    Full definition of dumbocracy

    Noun

    dumbocracy

    (usually uncountable; plural dumbocracies)
    1. (slang, derogatory) A democracy, particularly an ineffective one.
      • 1980, Whole Earth Catalog (publisher), The Coevolution Quarterly - Issues 28-29, Dumbocracy in action. Is fatal --- get thee behind me, God!
      • 1985, New Zealand Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council and House of Representatives, Volume 468, It is more like a "dumbocracy" that the Minister of Energy might recognise.
      • 1994, John Reed Club, New York Branch (contributor), Partisan Review - Volume 61, The democratization of art and culture for political purposes will only make us dumber than we are, and dumbocracy in America is presently at its height.

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