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Heads-Up Alert: THE AMERICAN KAKISTOCRACY !!
Dennis
From: the unknown user
Cc: R Greg Edmonds
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:05 PM
Subject: [Fwd: Heads-Up Alert: The American Kakistocracy]
A new word for the day.
Dennis
California
From: William Moore <williamjoseph@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 12, 2008 2:34 PM
Hello!!!
My Friend Jerry was kind enough to explain to Me that We are now living in a Kakistocracy and I wish that I could prove that Jerry is incorrect about this being a Kakistocracy.
Do You have any viable evidence that We are not presently living in a Kakistocracy.
Thanks,
Bill.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| kakistocracy |
| SYLLABICATION: | kak·is·toc·ra·cy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k k  -st k r -s , käk- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. kak·is·toc·ra·cies Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco– + –cracy. |