eurocracia

Portuguese

Etymology

From euro- +‎ -cracia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.ɾo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/ [eʊ̯.ɾo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.ɾo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/ [eʊ̯.ɾo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.ɾo.kɾaˈsi.a/ [eʊ̯.ɾo.kɾaˈsi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ew.ɾɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: eu‧ro‧cra‧ci‧a

Noun

eurocracia f (uncountable)

1. (politics) Eurocracy (set of institutions that make up the European Union)
2. (politics, derogatory) Eurocracy (centralized and bureaucratic administration, associated with certain institutions of the European Union)
3. (politics) Eurocracy (government, exercised by Europeans, of a non-European country or region)

Derived terms

adjectives

• eurocrático

Related terms

nouns

• eurocrata m or f by sense

Further reading

• “eurocracia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “eurocracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025