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Kakistocracy ( ) is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.

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Within Vinony's link graph, kakistocracy is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to Brazil, Vladimir Putin and Napoleon.

Vinony files it under Pejorative terms for forms of government and Political corruption.

Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.

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Kakistocracy ( ) is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.

The word was coined as early as the 17th century and derives from two Greek words, (, ) and (, ), together meaning .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kakistocracy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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