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plu⋅toc⋅ra⋅cy

  [ploo-tok-ruh-see]
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–noun, plural -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.
Origin:
1645–55; < Gk ploutokratía, equiv. to ploûto(s) wealth + -kratia -cracy
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plu·toc·ra·cy   (plōō-tŏk'rə-sē)   
n.   pl. plu·toc·ra·cies

  1. Government by the wealthy.

  2. A wealthy class that controls a government.

  3. A government or state in which the wealthy rule.


[Greek ploutokratiā : ploutos, wealth; see pleu- in Indo-European roots + -kratiā, -cracy.]
plu'to·crat' (plōō'tə-krāt') n., plu'to·crat'ic, plu'to·crat'i·cal adj., plu'to·crat'i·cal·ly adv.
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Cultural Dictionary

plutocracy [(plooh-tok-ruh-see)]

Government by the rich. The term is usually one of reproach.

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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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