statocracy
Etymology
From state + -cracy
statocracy means government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Why “statocracy” is a great word
STATOCRACY — [Noun] Government by the state, distinguished by the absolute primacy of its secular, political, and administrative power. Formed within English by compounding the noun 'state' (meaning a politically organized body of people) and the combining form '-cracy' (from Greek '-kratia', meaning 'rule' or 'power'). Unlike theocracy, which bows to divine guidance, or plutocracy, which kneels before wealth, statocracy venerates only the cold machinery of governance. It is the grey filing cabinet that outlasts any king, the identical passport stamp in every surrendered hand, and the hum of a server farm where souls are registered as data—a sovereign order where the filing cabinet is the final scripture.
noun
- government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power“Do they not see that if in theocracy they lose man , in their statocracy they lose God”