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‘Government by the worst’: why people are calling Trump’s new sidekicks a ‘kakistocracy’

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75% Informative

The word has been trending online, with a burst in search traffic in recent weeks and a dedicated subreddit.

It's not the first time a president has popularized the term, but many discovered it in his first term.

The term has been around since at least 1644 , during the English civil war, when a sermon warned of a mad kinde of Kakistocracy .

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74

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69

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82

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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