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plu·toc·ra·cy
/
pluˈtɒk
rə
si
/
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ploo-
tok
-r
uh
-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.
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Origin:
1645–55;
< Gk
ploutokratía,
equiv. to
ploûto
(
s
) wealth +
-kratia
-cracy
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plutocracy
(pluːˈtɒkrəsɪ)
—
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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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Cultural Dictionary
plutocracy
[(plooh-
tok
-ruh-see)]
Government by the rich. The term is usually one of reproach.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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