gerontocratically means in a gerontocratic way. It carries an Arena rating of 1328, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
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Why “gerontocratically” is a great word
In a manner characteristic of or pertaining to a system of governance where power is concentrated in the hands of the elderly. From the English adjective 'gerontocratic' (from 'gerontocracy', from Greek γέρων (gerōn, "old man") + -κρατία (-kratia, "rule, power")) + the adverbial suffix '-ally'. Unlike "democratically" (which implies rule by the entire population or its elected representatives) or "meritocratically" (which suggests advancement based on ability and achievement), to act gerontocratically is to vest authority in the accrued weight of years alone. It is the slow nod of grey heads in a council chamber, the weight of a liver-spotted hand signing legislation with ink that smells faintly of camphor, and the patient, inexorable veto that waits for energy to simply expire—a governance not of ideas, but of endurance, negotiated by those who will not live to see its future.
Etymology
From gerontocratic + -ally.
adv
- In a gerontocratic way.
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