gerontocracy

Meaning (English)

a system in which power rests with the elderly

Meaning (मराठी)

वृद्धसत्ता, ज्येष्ठांचे वर्चस्व असलेली व्यवस्था

Used in a sentence

Critics called the party a gerontocracy in which no office-bearer was under sixty.

ज्या पक्षात साठीखालील एकही पदाधिकारी नाही, त्या पक्षाला टीकाकारांनी वृद्धसत्ता म्हटले.

Synonyms

rule of elders, elder oligarchy