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AccuracyAccuracy Ac"cu*ra*cy (#; 277), n. [See Accurate.]
The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this
exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to
truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety;
correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its
accuracy.
The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think,
to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy.
--Reid.
The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides.
--Lardner. AristocracyAristocracy Ar`is*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Aristocracies. [Gr. ?;
? best + ? to be strong, to rule, ? strength; ? is perh. from
the same root as E. arm, and orig. meant fitting: cf. F.
aristocratie. See Arm, and Create, which is related to
Gr. ?.]
1. Government by the best citizens.
2. A ruling body composed of the best citizens. [Obs.]
In the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will
protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. --B.
Jonson.
3. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested
in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged
order; an oligarchy.
The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many
abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that
the period of its duration seems approach. --Swift.
4. The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class
or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are
regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in
rank, fortune, or intellect. AutocracyAutocracy Au*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Autocracies. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
autocratie. See Autocrat.]
1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling
authority; supremacy.
The divine will moves, not by the external impulse
or inclination of objects, but determines itself by
an absolute autocracy. --South.
2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of
governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a
state); autonomy. --Barlow.
4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the
instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the
individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense,
written also autocrasy.] --Dunglison. Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy Bu*reau"cra*cy, n. [Bureau + Gr. ? to be strong,
to govern, ? strength: cf. F. bureaucratie.]
1. A system of carrying on the business of government by
means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of
a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the
officers of government have an associated authority and
responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
2. Government officials, collectively.
Confederacy
Confederacy Con*fed"er*a*cy, n. (Amer. Hist.)
With the, the Confederate States of America.
ConfederacyConfederacy Con*fed"er*a*cy, n.; pl. Confederacies. [From
Confederate, a.]
1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of
men, or states, for mutual support or common action;
alliance.
The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies
in vice or leagues of pleasure. --Addison.
He hath heard of our confederacy. --Shak.
Virginia promoted a confederacy. --Bancroft.
2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a
league; a confederation.
The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic
confederacy that ever existed. --Harris.
Virgil has a whole confederacy against him.
--Dryden.
3. (Law) A combination of two or more persons to commit an
unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See
Conspiracy.
Syn: League; compact; alliance; association; union;
combination; confederation. Congeneracy
Congeneracy Con*gen"er*a*cy, n.
Similarity of origin; affinity. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
ConspiracyConspiracy Con*spir"a*cy, n.; pl. Conspiracies. [See
Conspiration.]
1. A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement,
between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert,
as treason; a plot.
When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to
point. --Chaucer.
They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah]. --2 Kings
xiv. 19.
I had forgot that foul conspiracy
Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. --Shak.
2. A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to
one event, as if by agreement.
A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
3. (Law) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds,
by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful
act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful;
confederacy.
Syn: Combination; plot; cabal. CuracyCuracy Cu"ra*cy (k?"r?-s?), n.; pl. Curacies (-s?z). [See
Cure, Curate.]
The office or employment of a curate. DegeneracyDegeneracy De*gen"er*a*cy, n. [From Degenerate, a.]
1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson.
2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good
qualities; deterioration; meanness.
Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery.
--Addison.
To recover mankind out of their universal corruption
and degeneracy. --S. Clarke. DeliracyDeliracy De*lir"a*cy, n. [See Delirate.]
Delirium. [Obs.] DoulocracyDoulocracy Dou*loc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ? slave + ? to rule.]
A government by slaves. [Written also dulocracy.] --Hare. dulocracyDoulocracy Dou*loc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ? slave + ? to rule.]
A government by slaves. [Written also dulocracy.] --Hare. DulocracyDulocracy Du*loc"ra*cy, n.
See Doulocracy. Gerontocracy
Gerontocracy Ger`on*toc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ?, ?, an old man + ? to
rule.]
Government by old men. [R.] --Gladstone.
GunocracyGunocracy Gu*noc"ra*cy, n.
See Gyneocracy. GyneocracyGyneocracy Gyn"e*oc`ra*cy, n.
See Gynecocracy. GynocracyGynocracy Gy*noc"ra*cy, n. [See Gynecocracy.]
Female government; gynecocracy.
The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from
absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the
intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and
even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed
for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman. --Sir H.
Scott. Hagiocracy
Hagiocracy Ha`gi*oc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ? holy, and ? to govern.]
Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
Hierocracy
Hierocracy Hi`er*oc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. "iero`s sacred + ? to be
strong, rule.]
Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy. --Jefferson.
IdiocracyIdiocracy Id`i*oc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Idiocrasies. [Idio- + Gr. ?
a mixture, fr. ? to mix: cf. F. idiocrasie.]
Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of
constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy. ImmoderacyImmoderacy Im*mod"er*a*cy, n. [From Immoderate.]
Immoderateness. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. InaccuracyInaccuracy In*ac"cu*ra*cy, n.; pl. Inaccuracies.
1. The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or
exactness.
2. That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault;
defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying,
calculation, etc. Inconsideracy
Inconsideracy In`con*sid"er*a*cy, n.
Inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness. [Obs.] --Chesterfield.
InveteracyInveteracy In*vet"er*a*cy, n. [From Inveterate.]
1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or
deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by
time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; --
usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or
of error.
An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to
contract more. --A. Tucker.
2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.
The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams,
an the mortification of lampoons. --Guardian. Irregeneracy
Irregeneracy Ir`re*gen"er*a*cy, n.
Unregeneracy.
Itineracy
Itineracy I*tin"er*a*cy, n.
The act or practice of itinerating; itinerancy.
Jesuitocracy
Jesuitocracy Jes`u*it*oc"ra*cy, n. [Jesuit + -cracy, as in
aristocracy.]
Government by Jesuits; also, the whole body of Jesuits in a
country. [R.] --C. Kingsley.
Kakistocracy
Kakistocracy Kak`is*toc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ? worst + ? to rule.]
Government by the worst men.
Literacy
Literacy Lit"er*a*cy, n.
State of being literate.
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