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

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aristocracy

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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.