gerontocracy
/ˌdʒerənˈtɒkrəsi/noun
उच्चारण जेरन्टॉक्रसी
वृद्धतंत्र, वृद्धों का शासन
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government by old people; a state or society governed by old people
वृद्धतंत्र, वृद्धों का शासन
- The party was criticized as a gerontocracy.
- Critics call the council a gerontocracy because no member is younger than seventy.
- The country was ruled as a gerontocracy for decades.
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- Young voters want change in what they call a gerontocracy.
- A gerontocracy may value experience but can resist new ideas.
AaSpelling
ger·on·toc·ra·cy
With geronto- (old person, as in gerontology, the study of old age).
geronto- (वृद्ध, gerontology, वृद्धावस्था का अध्ययन, की तरह) के साथ।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often (forms of government): rule by old people is gerontocracy; by the rich plutocracy; by a few oligarchy; by priests or religious law theocracy; by the best or most able meritocracy or aristocracy; by officials bureaucracy; by the people democracy; by one person autocracy; by thieves kleptocracy.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (शासन के प्रकार): वृद्धों का शासन gerontocracy; धनिकों का plutocracy; कुछ लोगों का oligarchy; पुरोहितों या धार्मिक कानून का theocracy; सर्वश्रेष्ठ या योग्य का meritocracy या aristocracy; अधिकारियों का bureaucracy; जनता का democracy; एक व्यक्ति का autocracy; चोरों का kleptocracy।