dedocracia
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dedo + -cracia, from a dedo (“through connections”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /dedoˈkɾaθja/ [d̪e.ð̞oˈkɾa.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /dedoˈkɾasja/ [d̪e.ð̞oˈkɾa.sja]
- Rhymes: -aθja
- Rhymes: -asja
- Syllabification: de‧do‧cra‧cia
Noun
[edit]dedocracia f (uncountable)
- (politics) cronyism, nepotism
- Synonym: enchufismo
- 2016 December 19, “Iglesias y Rivera apuestan por direcciones fuertes”, in El País[1]:
- “Es un dato objetivo que se reducen las primarias; y que no habrá primarias para ningún cargo orgánico, con lo cual la dedocracia y el dominio del aparato será absoluto”, lamenta la eurodiputada Punset.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dedocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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