–noun, plural -cies.
- government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power
- Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.
Word origin and history...
1829, "government by the worst element of a society," coined on analogy of aristocracy from Gk. kakistos "worst," superl. of kakos "bad" (which is perhaps related to the general IE word for "defecate") + -kratia "rule of," from kratos "strength, power, rule"
