Home › Words › B › bossocracybossocracybossocracy means an autocratic rule by bosses.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bossocracy ranks #12,650 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom boss + -ocracy.nounAn autocratic rule by bosses.e.g.“And, as Bell's wages are no higher than the other men's, and he certainly out-works any one of them, at any sort of job, his boss-ocracy cannot rightfully be offensive to their republicanism.” — 1854 August 3, “The Fireside: The Boss of a Seventy Acre Republic”, in The Country Gentleman, volume 4, number 5, Albany: Luther Tucker, page 79:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bossism 74% match — The domination of a political party by a single, powerful person (the boss) vs bossocracy →bossdom 70% match — The realm or sphere of bosses. vs bossocracy →tycoonocracy 69% match — A rule by tycoons, a plutocracy. vs bossocracy →barbarocracy 69% match — Rule by barbarians. vs bossocracy →corporatocracy 67% match — Rule by corporations. vs bossocracy →bankocracy 66% match — The excessive power of the banks over government. vs bossocracy →boobocracy 65% match — Rule by the ignorant and uneducated. vs bossocracy →corruptocracy 65% match — A state ruled by a corrupt government. vs bossocracy →