Arithmocracy


noun

rule by the numerical majority of the population
word origin

greek arithmos ‘number’
historical examples

arithmocracy, ar-ith-mok′ras-i, n. a democracy of mere numbers.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various

n.

“rule by numerical majority,” 1850, from greek arithmos “number, counting, amount” (see arithmetic) + -cracy. related: arithmocratic; arithmocratical.

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