-crat
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- A participant in or supporter of a specified form of government:
表某种政体的成员或支持者：
technocrat.
技术管理机构的一员；支持技术管理者
语源
- French -crate
法语 -crate - from Greek -kratēs [ruler]
源自 希腊语 -kratēs [统治者] - from kratos [strength, power] * see -cracy
源自 kratos [力量，权力] *参见 -cracy
-crat
combining form in countable noun
indicating a person who takes part in or is a member of a form of government or class
⇒
democrat
⇒
See also -cracy
technocrat
See also -cracy
Derived Forms
-cratic, -cratical combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek -kratēs, from -kratia -cracy-crat
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “ruler,” “member of a ruling body,” “advocate of a particular form of rule,” used in the formation of compound words:
autocrat; technocrat.
Compare -cracy.
Origin
< Greek -kratēs as in autokratḗs autocrat; replacing -crate < French < Greek, as above
Related Words
- -cracy
- bureaucrat
- democrat
- electrocratic
- Eurocrat
- leucocratic
-crata word element forming a noun termination meaning 'ruler', 'member of a ruling body', 'advocate of a particular form of rule', as in aristocrat, autocrat, democrat, plutocrat.
Compare -cracy. [French -crate, from Greek kratēs ruler]
-crat
noun combining form
theocrat
2. member of a (specified) dominant class
plutocrat
• -cratic adjective combining form
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY French -crate, back-formation from -cratie -cracy
1. advocate or partisan of a (specified) theory of governmenttheocrat
2. member of a (specified) dominant class
plutocrat
• -cratic adjective combining form
-crat
combining form
- denoting a member or supporter of a particular form of government or rule表示“…政体（或统治阶级）的一分子（或支持者）”：
-
plutocrat
technocrat.
词源
from French -crate, from adjectives ending in -cratique （see -CRATIC ）.
☞ -crat, -ocrat
ORIGIN: Repr. French -crate , from adjectives in -cratique , formed as -cracy
-crat
\ˌkrat, usu -ad.+V\ noun combining form
or -ocrat\əˌkrat, ōˌ-, usu -ad.+V\
(-s)
Etymology: French -crate, back-formation from -cratie -cracy & -cratique -cratic
1. : advocate or partisan of a theory of government
< democrat >
< physiocrat >
< theocrat >
2. : member of a (specified) dominant class
< bureaucrat >
< plutocrat >
3. : member or supporter of a political party or faction
< Dixiecrat >
• -crat·ic\|krad.]ik, -at]ik, ]ēk\ adjective combining form
or -ocrat
1.
< democrat >
< physiocrat >
< theocrat >
2.
< bureaucrat >
< plutocrat >
3.
< Dixiecrat >
• -crat·ic
-crat
Suffix
- A participant in a specified form of government.
- An advocate of a specified form of government.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “power, might”), modelled after words of Ancient Greek origin such as democrat and aristocrat. From Proto-Indo-European *kret- (English hard).
Related terms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -crat
Participant
Advocate