ethnocracy

Etymology

From ethno- + -cracy.

ethnocracy means A form of government in which a particular ethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of government power. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

ETHNOCRACY — [Noun] A political system in which state power is formally or effectively monopolized by a specific ethnic group, structured primarily for its benefit. From the combining form ethno- (from Greek ethnos, meaning "nation, people") and -cracy (from Greek -kratia, meaning "rule, power"). Unlike democracy, which purports a polity of all citizens, or theocracy, which derives authority from the divine, ethnocracy institutionalizes a hierarchy of blood and belonging. It is the census form that dictates rights, the school curriculum that venerates one history while erasing another, and the zoning map redrawn to dilute an unwanted populace—nationalism made manifest as bureaucracy, a fortress built on the cold certainty of tribe.

noun

A form of government in which a particular ethnic group holds a disproportionate amount of government power.“In this sense, ethnocracy as a socio-political regime is outcome of ethnonationalism, that brand of nationalism that views the nation as a "natural" and ethnically "pure" community, as opposed to its liberal conceptualisation as a community based on equal rights and duties.”