xenocracy

English

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ -cracy.

Noun

xenocracy (uncountable)

  1. Government or rule by foreigners.
    • 1887, Agnes Smith Lewis, chapter XVIII, in Through Cyprus, page 327:
      On another page he tells us of the delightful excitement which was produced in the island by the news of the cession [...] but they nevertheless, made a distinction between a Christian xenocracy and an anti-Christian one.
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