A few days ago
What’s a pulchritocracy?
I can’t find a definition on search. Pulchritocracy, anyone?
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A few days ago
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You cannot find a definition of the word because it does not exist. It seems to be bastardization of the word “pulchritude” which means:
That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.
So the pseudoword “pulchritocracy” would mean a society which is governed by and/or values physical beauty above all else.
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A few days ago
My guess is that this is a word developed by the author to fit his/her meaning. Pulchritude means beauty, and -cracy comes from the Greek for “to rule”, so a pulchritocracy would seem to be a system ruled by beauty.
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A few days ago
It would mean rule by the beautiful, but whoever coined it messed up. “Pulchri” would be a Latin root, and “-cracy” is Greek.
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A few days ago
No such word…but the word pulcher means beautiful and dates back to the 15th century.
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