Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Government by the wealthy.
- n. A wealthy class that controls a government.
- n. A government or state in which the wealthy rule.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Government by the wealthy class; the rule of wealth; also, a class ruling by virtue of its wealth. Also plutarchy.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a political system governed by the wealthy people
Etymologies
- Greek ploutokratiā : ploutos, wealth; see pleu- in Indo-European roots + -kratiā, -cracy.
Examples
“Bury The term plutocracy is generally used to describe these two distinct concepts: one of a historical nature and one of a modern political nature.”
“He was opposed to what he called plutocracy, a maldistribution of wealth.”
“He hated what he called the plutocracy, but no individual rich man.”
“January 21st, 2010 at 11: 20 am tombaker says: the pundits, the baggers, anyone can say anything now, it will all be for show, and nothing more. formal commencement of plutocracy is enacted.”
“America under the plutocracy is free by definition, you see. fostert Says:”
“I'm telling you, why people don't use the word plutocracy and oligarchy to describe what is happening is beyond me.”
“Or worse, deliberately downgraded roads to other businesses. by emporer palpatine your not living in a republic no more after all, its called plutocracy govt by corporation musilini did it hitler did it”
“This is sometimes called plutocracy (rule by wealth) or kleptocracy (rule by theft). wiseGEEK”
“The Populists and the radical Democrats felt that they were fighting the battle of the masses against "plutocracy" -- the subtle and corrupting control of public affairs by the possessors of great fortunes; they thought that they saw arrayed against them the forces of wealth and the corporations, seeking to enslave them.”
“In the land of fools, also known as the US of A, anything that’s not 100% plutocracy is called “socialism”. autoit 0.762225951300934”
Matthew Yglesias » Americans Don’t Like “Socialism” But Many Democrats Do
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘plutocracy’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 1074 more...
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Forms of government
tyranny, tribal, totalitarianism, timocracy, theocracy, thallassocracy, cyberocracy, technocracy, sociocracy, socialist state, republic, puppet state and 37 more...
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Vocab to Learn
philander, affidavit, ambrosia, niggardly, insipid, sedulous, pithy, felicity, lurid, indolent, ponderous, hirsute and 2 more...
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-cracy
denoting a form of government or rule
democracy, autocracy, meritocracy, plutocracy, theocracy, gynecocracy, hagiocracy, bureaucracy, isocracy, idiocracy, kakistocracy
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Forms of Government
A handful of -ocracies.
adhocracy, androcracy, aristocracy, autocracy, cleptocracy, corpocracy, democracy, ethnocracy, gerontocracy, gynecocracy, gyneocracy, gynocracy and 31 more...
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