Types of Government

Acracy: government by none; anarchy

Adhocracy: government IN AN unstructured fashion; AN unstructured organization

Albocracy: government by White people

Anarchy: government by none

Androcracy: government by men

Anemocracy: government by the wind or by whim

Angelocracy: government by angels

Antarchy: opposition to government; anarchy

Argentocracy: government by money

Aristarchy: government by the best

Aristocracy: government by the nobility

Arithmocracy: government by simple majority

Autarchy: government by AN absolute ruler

Autocracy: government by one individual

Barbarocracy: government by barbarians

Beerocracy: government by brewers or brewing interests

Bestiocracy: rule by beasts

Biarchy: government by two people; diarchy

Binarchy: government by two people; diarchy

Bureaucracy: government by civil servants

Cannonarchy: government by superior firepower or by cannons

Capelocracy: government by shopkeepers

Chiliarchy: government by one thousand people

Chirocracy: government by physical force

Chromatocracy: government by rulers OF a particular skin colour

Chrysoaristocracy: government by the wealthy; plutocracy

Chrysocracy: government by the wealthy; plutocracy

Corpocracy: government by corporate bureaucrats

Cosmarchy: rulership over the entire world, esp. by the devil

Cottonocracy: government by those involved IN the cotton trade

Cryptarchy: secret rulership

Decadarchy: government by ten individuals; decarchy

Decarchy: government by ten individuals

Demarchy: government by the people; popular government

Democracy: government by the people

Demonarchy: government by a demon

Demonocracy: government by demons or evil forces

Despotocracy: government by despots or tyrants

Diabolocracy: government by the Devil

Diarchy: government by two people

Dinarchy: government by two people; diarchy

Dodecarchy: government by twelve people

Doulocracy: government by slaves

Duarchy: government by two people; diarchy

Dulocracy: government by slaves; doulocracy

Dyarchy: government by two people; diarchy

Ecclesiarchy: government by clerics or ecclesiastical authorities

Endarchy: centralized government

Ergatocracy: government by the workers or the working class

Ethnarchy: government over AN ethnic group

Ethnocracy: government by AN ethnic group or race

Exarchy: government by bishops

Foolocracy: government by fools

Gerontocracy: government by the aged

Gunarchy: government by women; gynarchy

Gymnasiarchy: government over a school or academy

Gynaecocracy: government by women; gynarchy

Gynarchy: government by women

Gynocracy: government by women; gynarchy

Hagiarchy: government by saints or holy persons

Hagiocracy: government by holy men

Hamarchy: government by a cooperative body OF parts

Hecatarchy: government by one hundred people; hecatontarchy

Hecatontarchy: government by one hundred people

Hendecarchy: government by eleven people

Heptarchy: government by seven people

Heroarchy: government by heroes

Hetaerocracy: government by paramours

Heterarchy: government by a foreign ruler

Hierarchy: government by a ranked body; government by priests

Hierocracy: government by priests or religious ministers

Hipparchy: rule or control OF horses

Hoplarchy: government by the military

Hyperanarchy: condition OF extreme anarchy

Hyperarchy: excessive government

Iatrarchy: government by physicians

Idiocracy: personal rule; self-rule

Infantocracy: government by AN infant

Isocracy: equal political power

Jesuitocracy: government by Jesuits

Juntocracy: government by a junta

Kakistocracy: government by the worst

Kleptocracy: government by thieves

Kritarchy: government by judges

Landocracy: government by the propertied class; timocracy

Logocracy: government OF words

Matriarchy: government by women or mothers

Meritocracy: government by the meritorious

Merocracy: government by a part OF the citizenry

Mesocracy: government by the middle classes

Metrocracy: government by mothers or women; matriarchy

Millionocracy: government by millionaires

Millocracy: government by mill owners

Mobocracy: government by mobs or crowds

Monarchy: government by one individual

Moneyocracy: government by the monied classes

Monocracy: government by one individual

Myriarchy: government by ten thousand individuals

Narcokleptocracy: government by those who profit from trade IN illegal drugs

Navarchy: rulership over the seas

Neocracy: government by new or inexperienced rulers

Nomocracy: government based ON legal system; rule OF law

Ochlocracy: government by mobs

Octarchy: government by eight people

Oligarchy: government by the few

Paedarchy: government by children

Paedocracy: government by children; paedarchy

Panarchy: universal rule or dominion

Pantarchy: government by all the people; world government

Pantisocracy: government by all equally

Paparchy: government by the pope

Papyrocracy: government by newspapers or literature

Parsonarchy: government by parsons

Partocracy: government by a single unopposed political party

Patriarchy: government by men or fathers

Pedantocracy: government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars

Pentarchy: government by five individuals

Phallocracy: government by men

Philosophocracy: government by philosophers

Phylarchy: government by a specific class or tribe

Physiocracy: government according to natural laws or principles

Pigmentocracy: government by those OF one skin colour

Plantocracy: government by plantation owners

Plousiocracy: government by the wealthy; plutocracy

Plutarchy: government by the wealthy; plutocracy

Plutocracy: government by the wealthy

Polarchy: government by many people; polyarchy

Policeocracy: government by police

Pollarchy: government by the multitude or a mob; ochlocracy

Polyarchy: government by many people

Polycracy: government by many rulers; polyarchy

Popocracy: government by populists

Pornocracy: government by harlots

Prophetocracy: government by a prophet

Psephocracy: government resulting from election by ballot

Ptochocracy: government by beggars or paupers; wholesale pauperization

Punditocracy: government by political pundits

Quangocracy: rule OF quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations

Rotocracy: government by those who control rotten boroughs

Septarchy: government by seven rulers; heptarchy

Shopocracy: government by shopkeepers

Slavocracy: government by slave-owners

Snobocracy: government by snobs

Sociocracy: government by society as a whole

Squarsonocracy: government by landholding clergymen

Squatterarchy: government by squatters; squattocracy

Squattocracy: government by squatters

Squirearchy: government by squires

Squirocracy: government by squires; squirearchy

Statocracy: government by the state alone, without ecclesiastical influence

Stratarchy: rulership over AN army

Stratocracy: military rule or despotism

Strumpetocracy: government by strumpets

Synarchy: joint sovereignty

Technocracy: government by technical experts

Tetradarchy: government by four people; tetrarchy

Tetrarchy: government by four people

Thalassiarchy: sovereignty OF the seas; thalassocracy

Thalassocracy: sovereignty OF the seas

Thearchy: rule by a god or gods; body OF divine rulers

Theatrocracy: government by gathered assemblies OF citizens

Theocracy: government by priests or by religious law

Timarchy: government by the propertied class; timocracy

Timocracy: government by the propertied class

Triarchy: government by three people

Tritarchy: government by three people; triarchy

Tritheocracy: government by three gods

Whiggarchy: government by Whigs

Xenocracy: government by a body OF foreigners