Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Government by the wealthy.
- noun A wealthy class that controls a government.
- noun A government or state in which the wealthy rule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Government by the wealthy class; the rule of wealth; also, a class ruling by virtue of its wealth. Also
plutarchy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Government by thewealthy . - noun A controlling class of the
wealthy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a political system governed by the wealthy people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
digg.com: Top News Digg 2011
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He was opposed to what he called plutocracy, a maldistribution of wealth.
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He hated what he called the plutocracy, but no individual rich man.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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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.
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America under the plutocracy is free by definition, you see. fostert Says:
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I'm telling you, why people don't use the word plutocracy and oligarchy to describe what is happening is beyond me.
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This is sometimes called plutocracy (rule by wealth) or kleptocracy (rule by theft). wiseGEEK
The Big Apple 2010
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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
Techdirt Mike Masnick 2010
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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.
The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley
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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 2010
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