plutocracy
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rə noun, plural plu·toc·ra·cies.
1.
the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
2.
a government or state in which the wealthy class rules.
3.
a class or group ruling, or exercising power or influence, by virtue of its wealth.
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plutocracy (pluːˈtɒkrəsɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -cies | |
| 1. | the rule or control of society by the wealthy |
| 2. | a state or government characterized by the rule of the wealthy |
| 3. | a class that exercises power by virtue of its wealth |
| [C17: from Greek ploutokratia government by the rich, from ploutos wealth + -kratia rule, power] | |
| plutocratic | |
| —adj | |
| pluto'cratical | |
| —adj | |
| pluto'cratically | |
| —adv | |
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Plutocracy
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Word Origin & History
plutocracy
1652, from Gk. ploutokratia "rule or power of the wealthy or of wealth," from ploutos "wealth" (see Pluto) + -kratia "rule," from kratos "rule, power." Plutocrat is 1850.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
plutocracy [(plooh-tok-ruh-see)]Government by the rich. The term is usually one of reproach.
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Example sentences
We now live in a plutocracy that only answers to avarice and benefits the oligarchs.
Here is a land consecrated to democracy but run by an entrenched plutocracy.
Political stability, plutocracy, and change will evolve with economic development.
It has pierced the veil of silence that, for decades, has obscured the astounding growth of what can fairly be called plutocracy.
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