different between cratic vs acratic

English

Etymology

From the suffix -cratic in words such as aristocratic, from French -cratique, from Ancient Greek -???????? (-kratikós). See -cratic for more.

Adjective

cratic (comparative more cratic, superlative most cratic)

1. Relating to counterions.
   • 1999, K. Zakrzewska, R. Lavery, "Modelling DNA-protein interactions", in Computational Molecular Biology (edited by J. Leszczynski; ?ISBN:

     Binding is however favoured by the non-salt dependent free energy, the ion-release cratic free energy and by decreased ion-ion repulsion.
2. Relating to political or organisational power.
   • 1980, José Guilherme Merquior, Rousseau and Weber ?ISBN:

     Arthur Stinchcombe, for example, pioneered what we call the cratic approach when he defined legitimacy as a 'power reserve'.

   • 1987, The Polish Sociological Bulletin:

     The second personal factors influencing the phenomenon of the erosion of power is connected with the characteristics of cratic (power) motivation, also called the need for power.

Anagrams

• Arctic, arctic

English

Adjective

acratic (comparative more acratic, superlative most acratic)

1. Alternative form of akratic

Anagrams

• Arctica, Ritacca