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6 dictionary results for: plutocracy
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
plu·toc·ra·cy       [ploo-tok-ruh-see] Pronunciation Key
–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)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
plutocracy

noun
a political system governed by the wealthy people 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
plutocracy [(plooh-tok-ruh-see)]

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


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Plutocracy

Plu*toc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? wealth + ? to be strong, to rule, fr.? strength: cf. F. plutocratie.] A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.

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