Definition of Thanatocracy

1. Noun. Nominal governance by a dead person, through posthumous holding of an official position of authority, or by popular veneration and lasting influence of a personal ideology. ¹

2. Noun. The enactment of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state. ¹

3. Noun. The enactment of policies held to lead, directly or indirectly, to death or an increased risk of death. ¹

4. Noun. A culture in which rituals relating to the dead play a unique or important role. ¹

5. Noun. (figuratively) Endemic stagnation or decay. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanatocracy

than
than a bygod
thana
thanadar
thanadars
thanage
thanages
thanah
thanahs
thanas
thanatism
thanato-
thanatobiologic
thanatocoenose
thanatocracies
thanatocracy (current term)
thanatognomonic
thanatographies
thanatography
thanatoid
thanatological
thanatologically
thanatologies
thanatologist
thanatologists
thanatology
thanatomania
thanatomimesis
thanatomimetic
thanatophidia

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