pigmentocracy

English

Etymology

From pigment +‎ -o- +‎ -cracy.

Noun

pigmentocracy (countable and uncountable, plural pigmentocracies)

1. Government by or social hierarchy of those with a certain skin tone, regardless of race or socioeconomic status.
   • 2011, Don Lemon, Transparent‎^[1], Las Vegas: Farrah Gray, →ISBN:

     Black America used to be, and perhaps still is, a pigmentocracy, which means that the social hierarchy is based largely on colorism.

See also

• Appendix:Forms of government