🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Magokratie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: maːɡoʊkʁaˈtiː

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Magocracy/ˈmæɡ.ə.krə.si/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Reich wurde als strenge Magokratie regiert."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A government or state ruled by sorcerers, wizards, or practitioners of magic.

    "The ancient council ruled the kingdom as a strict magocracy where only master spellcasters held political office."
  2. 2

    A social or political system in which magical power and arcane knowledge dictate social hierarchy and authority.

    "In this futuristic fantasy setting, society transitioned from a monarchy into a distinct magocracy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the modern Latin combining form 'mago-' (derived from 'magus', meaning magician or sorcerer, from ancient Greek 'magos') combined with the Greek suffix '-kratia', meaning power or rule. It emerged primarily within 20th-century speculative fiction and fantasy literature to describe a state governed by practitioners of magic.

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