English▸ noun
(plural kakistocracies)
government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state: the danger is that this will reduce us to kakistocracy
every government that has existed since the ancient Greeks has been a prime example of kakistocracy.
▪ a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens:
the modern regime is at once a plutocracy and a kakistocracy
the man on the street must share part of the blame for allowing such a kakistocracy to entrench itself.