kakistocracy UK /kækɪsˈtɒkɹəsi/US /kækɪsˈtɑkɹəsi/ noun1 •Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.Is ours a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," or a Kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools? — 1876 formskakistocracies