gerontocracy

英 [,dʒerən'tɒkrəsɪ] 美 [,dʒɛrən'tɑkrəsi]
  • n. 老人政治;老人政府
GRE
gerontocracy
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gerontocracy 老人统治

geront-, 老人。-cracy, 统治,见democracy.

gerontocracy (n.)
"rule by old men," 1830, a Latinized compound of Greek stem of geron (genitive gerontos) "old man" (see gerontology) + kratia "rule" (see -cracy). Related: Gerontocratic.
1. But in practice Geneva was a patrician gerontocracy, dominated by a few families.
但日内瓦事实上是贵族的老龄政府,由一小部分家庭控制的。

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