Kakistocracy
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A kakistocracy (/kækɪˈstɒkrəsi/, /kækɪsˈtɒ-/) is a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.[1]: 54 [2][3] The word was coined as early as the seventeenth century.[4] Peter Bowler has noted in his book that there is no word for the government run by the best citizens,[lower-alpha 1] and that the aristarchy may be the right term, but still, it could conceivably be a kakistocracy disguised as an aristocracy.[lower-alpha 1]