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I suppose it's technically correct, even though it's a little goofy. The first part is from the neuter form of the Greek adjective ὅλος (holos), meaning "whole"
by hcayless 12y ago
I suppose it's technically correct, even though it's a little goofy. The first part is from the neuter form of the Greek adjective ὅλος (holos), meaning "whole". The neuter form (used as a noun here I assume) would be "holon" and the plural of that, "hola". So holacracy would be "rule by wholes". Better than rule by a-holes, I suppose...
- marssaxman 12y agoAh, interesting. It's been a very long time since I learned anything about Greek; I was imagining the root as "holos" as in "rule by the whole". Thanks for the clarification. I'll try to stop being annoyed by the word now that I know it's not actually wrong.
- cefstat 12y agoBeing a native Greek speaker, I find "holacracy" (ολακρατία) at least weird; it sounds completely wrong. If I wanted to combine the two words I would automatically use "holocracy" (ολοκρατία). I can't think of any example where Greek uses the plural form of a word in combination with -kratia.