-cracy / -crat
rule by, government of
Greek · -kratia (κρατία)
Greek -kratia means "rule" or "power". -cracy names a system of government; -crat names a member or supporter: democracy is rule by the people, a democrat supports it.
Memory trick
Crazy CRACY: imagine a king cracking a whip. Power and rule!
Words from this root
- democracy (demo + cracy) — rule by the peopleलोकतंत्र
- democrat (demo + crat) — supporter of rule by the peopleलोकतंत्र समर्थक
- autocracy (auto + cracy) — rule by one personनिरंकुश शासन
- autocrat (auto + crat) — a ruler with total powerनिरंकुश शासक
- aristocracy (aristo + cracy) — rule by the noble classकुलीनतंत्र
- aristocrat (aristo + crat) — a member of the nobilityकुलीन व्यक्ति
- bureaucracy (bureau + cracy) — rule by officials and officesनौकरशाही
- bureaucrat (bureau + crat) — an official in such a systemनौकरशाह
- meritocracy (merit + o + cracy) — rule by ability and meritयोग्यता आधारित शासन
- theocracy (theo + cracy) — rule by religious leadersधर्मतंत्र
- plutocracy (pluto + cracy) — rule by the wealthyधनिकतंत्र
- technocracy (techno + cracy) — rule by technical expertsतकनीकी विशेषज्ञों का शासन