corporatocracy means Rule by corporations. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
CORPORATOCRACY — [Noun] A political or economic system dominated or heavily influenced by large business corporations and their interests. From corporate (relating to a corporation) + the connective -o- + -cracy (a suffix denoting a form of rule or government). Unlike "corporatism" (which describes a state-mediated tripartite structure of labor, business, and government) or "plutocracy" (which denotes direct rule by the wealthy as individuals), corporatocracy signifies the sovereign, institutional power of the corporate body itself. It is the legislation drafted in a boardroom's passive voice, the civic square quietly rebranded with a commercial logo, and the gentle, algorithmic nudging of desire toward a quarterly growth target—a governance not by people or ideology, but by the seamless, impersonal logic of the balance sheet, where the most powerful constitution in the room is a corporate charter.
noun
- Rule by corporations.“He spent most of the 1970s and ’80s helping the evil corporatocracy that runs the Secret American Empire establish suzerainty over the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America and Africa.”