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Record 1 2017-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
  • Political Systems
DEF

The government of a state by the worst citizens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
  • Régimes politiques
CONT

[...] Comme tous les autres mots qui désignent un régime de gouvernement, le terme tire son étymologie du grec ancien. À l'inverse de l'aristocratie, de «kratos», le pouvoir, et «aristos», excellent, [...], «kakistos» désigne «le pire» : une kakistocratie est donc le pire gouvernement, ou le gouvernement des pires, des plus mauvais.

Spanish

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