noun
plutocracy
Plutocracy (noun) means Rule of a country by its richest people.
noun
1
Rule of a country by its richest people.
2
A group of rich people who hold power over everyone else.
"The sea, most inhuman of elements, met in perfect friendship here with the soft and pleasure-loving side of man; and the mixed architecture of a bygone plutocracy reconciled me to the experiments of today."
— George Santayana, I Like to Be a Stranger (1952)
"Her piece painted him as an enigmatic Jay Gatsby type, a boy from a middle-class family in Brooklyn who had scaled the rungs of the plutocracy, though no one could quite figure out how he made his money."
— Michelle Goldberg, Jeffrey Epstein Is the Ultimate Symbol of Plutocratic Rot (2019)
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “rule of the wealthy”), from πλουτοκρατέω (ploutokratéō, “I rule through wealth”), from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “I rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “power”, “might”)).
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What is the meaning of plutocracy?
"plutocracy" (noun) means rule of a country by its richest people.
What are the different meanings of plutocracy?
"plutocracy" has 2 main meanings: 1. Rule of a country by its richest people; 2. A group of rich people who hold power over everyone else.
