dedocracia
Spanish, noun/dedoˈkɾaθja/
dedocracia is spelled D-E-D-O-C-R-A-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish, the 227,226th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedocracia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cronyism, nepotism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El acceso al poder a través del amiguismo o la elección caprichosa y arbitraria de un puntero sin ser tenido…”.
What does dedocracia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecronyism, nepotism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El acceso al poder a través del amiguismo o la elección caprichosa y arbitraria de un puntero sin ser tenido en cuenta el nivel de aptitud del elegido.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dedocracia
- dedocracias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedocracia?
- /dedoˈkɾaθja/
- [d̪e.ð̞oˈkɾa.θja]
- /dedoˈkɾasja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dedocracia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dedocracia in Spanish?
dedocracia appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).