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The document defines the suffix -archy, which comes from the Greek word for rule. It then provides a list of terms using this suffix to describe different forms of government, such as anarchy (rule by none), monarchy (rule by one), oligarchy (rule by a few), and democracy (rule by many). The terms describe systems of rule by different entities, numbers of people, genders, or other qualifying factors.

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Archy

The document defines the suffix -archy, which comes from the Greek word for rule. It then provides a list of terms using this suffix to describe different forms of government, such as anarchy (rule by none), monarchy (rule by one), oligarchy (rule by a few), and democracy (rule by many). The terms describe systems of rule by different entities, numbers of people, genders, or other qualifying factors.

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-archy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The English suffix -archy (from Greek αρχή, rule) denotes leadership and government.
See Political philosophy and politics.

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Governments
 anarchy—rule by none
 andrarchy—rule by men
 biarchy, diarchy, duarchy, dyarchy—rule by 2
 chiliarchy—rule by 1000
 cryptarchy—secret rule
 decarchy—rule by 10
 dodecarchy—rule by 12
 ecclesiarchy—rule by a church
 exarchy—rule by a bishop or bishops
 gynarchy—rule by women
 hecatontarchy—rule by 100
 hendecarchy—rule by 11
 heptarchy—rule by 7
 hexarchy—rule by 6
 hierarchy—rule by priests
 kritarchy—rule by a judge or judges
 matriarchy—rule by mothers or women
 minarchy—rule of law to preserve maximum liberty
 monarchy, autarchy—rule by 1
 myriarchy—rule by 10,000
 octarchy—rule by 8
 oligarchy—rule by a few
 paedarchy—rule by children
 panarchy—universal rule
 pantarchy—rule by all
 paparchy—rule by a pope
 parsonarchy, hierarchy—rule by priests
 patriarchy—rule by fathers or men
 pentarchy—rule by 5
 phylarchy—rule by a class or tribe
 plutarchy—rule by the wealthy
 polyarchy—rule by many
 terarchy—(fictional) rule by a monster or monsters
 tetrarchy—rule by 4
 thearchy—rule by God or gods
 triacontarchy—rule by 30
 triarchy, tritarchy—rule by 3
 whiggarchy—rule by members of the Whig party

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