gerontocracy
📖 Definitions
noun
The system of government by old people.
💬 Usage Examples
“For the third time in six years, the gerontocracy that is the Conservative party membership has selected the UK’s next prime minister. The party zealously guards the details of this rarefied selectorate but academics put the average age at 57, with just 6 per cent under the age of 25.” Will Tanner; Voiceless Youth Should Worry an Ageing Tory Party; Financial Times (London, UK); Sep 6, 2022.