Definition of Gerontocratic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerontocratic

gerocomy
geroderma
gerodontics
geroff
geromarasmus
geronimo
gerontal
gerontic
geronticide
geronticides
geronto-
gerontocracies
gerontocracy
gerontocrat
gerontocratic (current term)
gerontocrats
gerontologic
gerontological
gerontologies
gerontologist
gerontologists
gerontology
gerontomorphic
gerontophile
gerontophiles
gerontophilias
gerontophobia
gerontotherapeutics

Literary usage of Gerontocratic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sweet Battlefields: Youth and the Liberian Civil War by Mats Utas (2003)
"The power of Poro, as a gerontocratic organisation of established families ... The relative weakening of Poro has clearly restrained gerontocratic control ..."

2. Same Bed, Different Dreams: America and Japan-Societies in Transition by Alan D. Romberg, Tadashi Yamamoto (1990)
"For this reason, women have shown greater interest than men in developments related to the formation of a gerontocratic society- The economic ramifications ..."

3. Lesotho 2000: Public Perceptions and Perspectives by Stephen P. Rule, Ntsoaki Mapetla (2001)
"At the "very satisfied" level, the 18-24 group appeared to be overrepresented in relation to those aged 51 or more. Perhaps the generally gerontocratic ..."

4. The Reconfiguration of Political Order in Africa: A Case Study of North Kivu by Denis M. Tull (2005)
"To young fighters, the traditional, largely gerontocratic model of socio- economic reproduction and upward mobility, reflected by tributary relations with ..."

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