démocrature
French, noun/de.mɔ.kʁa.tyʁ/
démocrature is spelled D-É-M-O-C-R-A-T-U-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démocrature is a French feminine noun meaning “fake democracy, democratorship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Régime politique qui, tout en respectant les règles formelles de la démocratie, notamment en matière…”.
What does démocrature mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefake democracy, democratorship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Régime politique qui, tout en respectant les règles formelles de la démocratie, notamment en matière d’élections, restreint les libertés publiques ou individuelles comme le fait une dictature.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of démocrature
- démocratures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démocrature?
- /de.mɔ.kʁa.tyʁ/
- \de.mɔ.kʁa.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is démocrature in French?
démocrature appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).