Words that rhyme with landocracy

n 1: the jurisdiction or office of an abbot

n 1: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" [syn: accuracy, truth] [ant: inaccuracy] 2: (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"

n 1: the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" [syn: adequacy, adequateness] [ant: inadequacy, inadequateness] 2: the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn: sufficiency, adequacy] [ant: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency]

n 1: active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something [syn: advocacy, protagonism]

n 1: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) [syn: apostasy, renunciation, defection] 2: the act of abandoning a party for cause [syn: apostasy, tergiversation]

n 1: a privileged class holding hereditary titles [syn: nobility, aristocracy] 2: the most powerful members of a society [syn: gentry, aristocracy]

n 1: a political system governed by a single individual [syn: autocracy, autarchy] 2: a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual

n 1: nonelective government officials [syn: bureaucracy, bureaucratism] 2: a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials 3: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

n 1: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign]

n 1: an unmarried status 2: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) [syn: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention]

n 1: the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland] 2: a union of political organizations [syn: confederation, confederacy, federation] 3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [syn: conspiracy, confederacy] 4: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [syn: conspiracy, confederacy]

n 1: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [syn: conspiracy, confederacy] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) [syn: conspiracy, cabal] 3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [syn: conspiracy, confederacy]

n 1: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing]

n 1: willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court 2: obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority

n 1: a courteous or respectful or considerate act 2: a courteous or respectful or considerate remark 3: a courteous manner [syn: courtesy, good manners] [ant: discourtesy, rudeness]

n 1: the position of a curate

n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency] 2: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction]

n 1: the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: representation, delegacy, agency] 2: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission] 3: the appointment of a delegate

n 1: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" [syn: daintiness, delicacy, fineness] 2: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat] 3: refined taste; tact [syn: delicacy, discretion] 4: smallness of stature [syn: delicacy, slightness] 5: lack of physical strength [syn: fragility, delicacy] 6: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse] 7: lightness in movement or manner [syn: airiness, delicacy]

n 1: the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives 2: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them [syn: democracy, republic, commonwealth] 3: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group [syn: majority rule, democracy]

n 1: negotiation between nations [syn: diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations] 2: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse] 3: wisdom in the management of public affairs [syn: statesmanship, statecraft, diplomacy]

n 1: an expression of lack of respect [syn: disrespect, discourtesy] 2: a manner that is rude and insulting [syn: discourtesy, rudeness] [ant: courtesy, good manners] 3: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others [syn: discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity]

n 1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus] 2: a state of elated bliss [syn: ecstasy, rapture] 3: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug]

n 1: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness]

n 1: capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine" [syn: efficacy, efficaciousness] [ant: inefficaciousness, inefficacy]

n 1: a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work 2: an ambassador and his entourage collectively

n 1: the collective body of bishops [syn: episcopacy, episcopate]

n 1: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning [syn: fallacy, false belief]

n 1: imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy" [syn: fantasy, phantasy] 2: fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies" [syn: fantasy, phantasy] 3: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy] v 1: indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" [syn: fantasy, fantasize, fantasise]

n 1: the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points

n 1: a political system governed by old men

n 1: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position [syn: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy] [ant: orthodoxy] 2: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion [syn: heresy, unorthodoxy]

n 1: a ruling body composed of clergy

n 1: an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction [syn: hypocrisy, lip service] 2: insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

n 1: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual [syn: idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism]

n 1: the status of being born to parents who were not married [syn: bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister] 2: unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law [ant: legitimacy]

n 1: ignorance resulting from not reading 2: an inability to read [syn: illiteracy, analphabetism] [ant: literacy]

n 1: the quality of being inaccurate and having errors [ant: accuracy, truth]

n 1: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency] 2: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy] 3: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn: inadequacy, inadequateness] [ant: adequacy, adequateness]

n 1: the trait of being indelicate and offensive 2: an impolite act or expression

n 1: the quality of being vague and poorly defined [syn: indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy]

n 1: the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will

n 1: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: familiarity, intimacy, closeness] 2: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour] 3: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: closeness, intimacy]

n 1: marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution]

n 1: a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) [syn: jealousy, green-eyed monster] 2: zealous vigilance; "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard

n 1: (law) a gift of personal property by will [syn: bequest, legacy]

n 1: lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law [ant: illegitimacy] 2: undisputed credibility [syn: authenticity, genuineness, legitimacy]

n 1: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae [syn: leprosy, Hansen's disease]

n 1: the ability to read and write [ant: analphabetism, illiteracy]

n 1: obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: lunacy, madness, insaneness] 2: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence]

n 1: the position of magistrate [syn: magistracy, magistrature]

n 1: a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects 2: the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth

n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny]

n 1: resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible [syn: adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness]

n 1: the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [syn: stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishness] 2: resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [syn: stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will]

n 1: a long wandering and eventful journey 2: a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy

n 1: the government of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: papacy, pontificate]

n 1: the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, [syn: pharmacy, pharmaceutics] 2: a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold [syn: drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy]

n 1: hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it; "air piracy" [syn: piracy, buccaneering] 2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own [syn: plagiarism, plagiarization, plagiarisation, piracy]

n 1: inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)

n 1: a political system governed by the wealthy people

n 1: a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies" 2: a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation" 3: written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy" [syn: policy, insurance policy, insurance]

n 1: prelates collectively [syn: prelacy, prelature] 2: the office or station of a prelate [syn: prelacy, prelature]

n 1: the state of being first in importance

n 1: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others [syn: privacy, privateness, seclusion] 2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment]

n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy] 2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]

n 1: the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" [syn: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility]

n 1: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) [syn: prophecy, prognostication, vaticination] 2: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration [syn: prophecy, divination]

n 1: the trait of keeping things secret [syn: secrecy, secretiveness, silence] 2: the condition of being concealed or hidden [syn: privacy, privateness, secrecy, concealment]

n 1: power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: domination, mastery, supremacy]

n 1: a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control; "technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge"

n 1: a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided) 2: the belief in government by divine guidance

adj 1: being ten more than ninety [syn: hundred, one hundred, 100, c] n 1: a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature [syn: degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C] 2: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second [syn: speed of light, light speed, c] 3: a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy [syn: vitamin C, C, ascorbic acid] 4: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxycytidine monophosphate, C] 5: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine, C] 6: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon, C, atomic number 6] 7: ten 10s [syn: hundred, 100, C, century, one C] 8: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: coulomb, C, ampere-second] 9: a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system 10: (music) the keynote of the scale of C major 11: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: C, c] 12: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus

n 1: one or more large merchant ships

n 1: (geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust

n 1: a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses [syn: mobocracy, ochlocracy]

n 1: government by the military and an army [syn: military government, stratocracy]

n 1: an educated and intellectual elite [syn: intelligentsia, clerisy]

n 1: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy] 2: fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies" [syn: fantasy, phantasy] 3: imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy" [syn: fantasy, phantasy]

n 1: any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers [syn: sea lavender, marsh rosemary, statice]

n 1: the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil