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Definitions for plutocracy
pluˈtɒk rə siplu·toc·ra·cy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. plutocracynoun

    a political system governed by the wealthy people

Wiktionary

  1. plutocracynoun

    Government by the wealthy.

  2. plutocracynoun

    A controlling class of the wealthy.

Wikipedia

  1. Plutocracy

    A plutocracy (from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos) 'wealth', and κράτος (krátos) 'power') or plutarchy is a society that is ruled or controlled by people of great wealth or income. The first known use of the term in English dates from 1631. Unlike most political systems, plutocracy is not rooted in any established political philosophy.

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  1. plutocracy

    Plutocracy refers to a system or society that is governed or controlled by the wealthy. It implies that socio-economic status, particularly wealth and financial power, can directly influence or control political power and public policies.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Plutocracynoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [Gr. ploutokrati`a; plou^tos wealth + kratei^n to be strong, to rule, fr. krato`s strength: cf. F. plutocratie.]

Wikidata

  1. Plutocracy

    Plutocracy, also known as plutonomy or plutarchy, is rule by the wealthy. Its first known use was in 1652. Unlike systems such as democracy or anarchism, plutocracy is not rooted in an established political philosophy and has no formal advocates. The concept of plutocracy may be advocated by the wealthy classes of a society in an indirect or surreptitious fashion, though the term itself is almost always used in a pejorative sense.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Plutocracy

    plōō-tok′ra-si, n. government by the wealthy.—n. Plu′tocrat.—adj. Plutocrat′ic.—ns. Plutol′ogist; Plutol′ogy, the science of wealth: political economy. [Gr. ploutokratiaploutos, wealth, kratiakratein, to rule.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of plutocracy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of plutocracy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of plutocracy in a Sentence

  1. Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, an autobiography:

    Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy.

  2. Louis O. Kelso:

    Socialism has been discredited. Plutocracy is in the process of being discredited. Democratic capitalism has yet to be tried.

  3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    ras cardo said:- plutocracy- in the age of technotyranny was what the founding fathers missed politically to promulgate the presidency! big mistake!- but they could not have seen this day and age of what I have called- technotyrannical society. for in the written constitution there would be its inclusion, and now its interpretation would be no cause for confusion.

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