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Definition of: gerontocracy
(jer′on·tok′rəsē) noun
Government by the old; specifically, in certain primitive African cultures, the control of social life by members of the oldest age group.
—ge·ron·to·crat·ic (ji·ron′tō·krat′ik) adjective
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