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Definition of Gerontocracy
1. Noun. A political system governed by old men.
Definition of Gerontocracy
1. n. Government by old men.
Definition of Gerontocracy
1. Noun. Government by elders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gerontocracy
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerontocracy
Literary usage of Gerontocracy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gleanings of Past Years by William Ewart Gladstone (1879)
"I agree with Mr. Lowe that we are in danger of engendering both a gerontocracy and a
... gerontocracy ..."
2. The North American Review by Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1891)
"A gerontocracy signifies the rule of old families— a danger not yet imminent in
this country ; but a far greater evil is at our doors. The power of money, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"220. gerontocracy (jcr-on-tok'ra^si), n. ... I agree with Mr. Lowe that we are
in danger of engen, dering both a gerontocracy and a plutocracy. ..."
4. The Family: An Ethnographical and Historical Outline with Descriptive Notes by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1906)
"... 211, Behring Strait Eskimo, 290, Central Eskimo, 294; in modern simple family,
328-9, 33°. 331, 332, 333- (See Chief gerontocracy, ..."
5. Béranger's Songs of the Empire, the Peace, and the Restoration by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1856)
"THE PIGMIES; OR, THE gerontocracy. IN witchcraft I've the greatest faith, A potent
wizard, t'other night, ..."
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