PORNOCRACY

Etymology

Proper noun

pornocracy

(Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes, capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family. [from mid-19th c.]

Noun

pornocracy (plural pornocracies)

(derogatory, often, figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons.

(derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography.

Notes

Proper noun

Pornocracy

(Roman Catholicism, historical) Alternative letter-case form of pornocracy.

Source: Wiktionary