OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24702

gerontocracy

/ˌdʒɛɹənˈtɒkɹəsi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gerontocracia
Government by elders; government by elderly rulers.
It would come as no surprise to find that optimum science policy is apt to be developed neither by gerontocracy nor by juvenocracy but, like the community of scientists itself, by…
Near-synonym: senilocracy
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