crat / cracy
power, rule
Greek · kratos (κράτος); krateo
Greek kratos means power or rule. -cracy names a kind of rule and -crat the ruler: democracy is rule by the people, an autocrat rules alone, bureaucracy is rule by office.
Memory trick
Crat: a crate carries power; -cracy tells who has it.
Words from this root
- democracy (demo + cracy) — rule by the peopleलोकतंत्र
- democratic (demo + crat + ic) — ruled by the peopleलोकतांत्रिक
- autocrat (auto + crat) — a ruler with total powerनिरंकुश शासक
- autocracy (auto + cracy) — rule by one personनिरंकुश शासन
- autocratic (auto + crat + ic) — ruling with total powerतानाशाही वाला
- aristocrat (aristo + crat) — a member of a noble classकुलीन व्यक्ति
- aristocracy (aristo + cracy) — rule by the best bornकुलीन वर्ग का शासन
- bureaucracy (bureau + cracy) — rule by offices and rulesनौकरशाही
- bureaucrat (bureau + crat) — an official in an officeनौकरशाह
- plutocracy (pluto + cracy) — rule by the wealthyधनिकतंत्र
- theocracy (theo + cracy) — rule by priests or religionधर्मतंत्र
- technocrat (techno + crat) — a ruler by technical skillतकनीकी शासक
- meritocracy (merit + o + cracy) — rule by those with meritयोग्यता आधारित शासन
- kleptocracy (klepto + cracy) — rule by thievesचोरों का शासन