bigotocracy

English

Etymology

From bigot +‎ -ocracy. A term used to describe the presidency of Donald Trump following his initial comments regarding the actions of white supremacists at the Unite the Right rally.

Noun

bigotocracy (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) Rule by bigots.
   • 1994 November 18, Travis Kidd, “Re: Reverse Discrimination”, in bit.listserv.politics‎^[1] (Usenet):

     [> > The bigots of the Jim Crow days thought they had good reasons, too.]
     As if you are so sure that we have ever lived in a bigotocracy.

   • 2007 June 26, Mścisław Wojna-Bojewski, “Re: Linguist/Consultant Needed”, in sci.lang‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I might have my Issues with Americans, but I certainly very much prefer them to your benighted bigotocracy.

   • 2017 August 12, Michael Eric Dyson, “Charlottesville and the Bigotocracy”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     Together they constitute the repulsive resurgence of a virulent bigotocracy. ¶ This bigotocracy overlooks fundamental facts about slavery in this country: that blacks were stolen from their African homeland to toil for no wages in American dirt.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bigotocracy.