Pronounced: VIH-she-ate, verb
Notes: I knew one of the three definitions; how about you?
Yesterday’s word
The word corpocracy means
- corporate bureaucracy
- a society in which corporations control the government
First usage
This word came into English in the 1930s
Background / Comments
Our word originally referred to the first definition; however, it has changed (or expanded) to the second definition. One reference doesn’t even list the first definition. Anyway, the word is formed by combining (corp)oration with bureau(cracy).
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