Anocracy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural a·noc·ra·cies

government that is a hybrid of democracy and autocracy, often as a transitional phase when one of these forms of government takes on characteristics of the other: Political scientists noted significant democratic reforms in the traditionally authoritarian regime’s evolution to anocracy.
a nation or state having such a form of government: Freedom of the press is one of the first pillars of democracy threatened in an anocracy’s slide toward totalitarianism.