-archy

The English suffix -archy (from Greek αρχή, rule) denotes leadership and government. See Political philosophy and politics.

Governments

  • anarchy—rule by none
  • andrarchy—rule by men
  • cryptarchy—secret rule
  • ecclesiarchy—rule by a church
  • exarchy—rule by a bishop or bishops
  • gynarchy—rule by women
  • kritarchy—rule by a judge or judges
  • matriarchy—rule by mothers or women
  • minarchy—minimization of rule
  • monarchy, autarchy—rule by one
  • oligarchy—rule by a few
  • paedarchy—rule by children
  • panarchy—universal rule
  • pantarchy—rule by all
  • paparchy—rule by a pope
  • parsonarchy, hierarchy—rule by priests
  • patriarchy—rule by fathers or men
  • phylarchy—rule by a class or tribe
  • plutarchy—rule by the wealthy
  • polyarchy—rule by many
  • prima-digitarchy—rule of thumb
  • terarchy— rule by a monster or monsters
  • tetrarchy—rule of four
  • thearchy—rule by God or gods

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