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Definition of Plutocracy
1. Noun. A political system governed by the wealthy people.
Definition of Plutocracy
1. 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.
Definition of Plutocracy
1. Noun. Government by the wealthy. ¹
2. Noun. A controlling class of the wealthy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plutocracy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plutocracy
Literary usage of Plutocracy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laborer and the Capitalist by Freeman Otis Willey (1897)
"Therefore, it necessarily follows that there is as powerful a plutocracy (if you
see fit to call it by that name) in the South as in the North—in one part ..."
2. The Laborer and the Capitalist by Freeman Otis Willey (1896)
"plutocracy. Let us now glance at that twin brother of monopoly, ... Webster's
Unabridged gives the following as the definition of plutocracy: "A form of ..."
3. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1917)
"plutocracy and Paternalism History.—Written May 22-28, 1894, and supplementary
matter added Oct. 5-7, 1894, and July 14, 1895. In giving an account of my ..."
4. The Progress of Nations; Or the Principles of National Development in Their (1861)
"A plutocracy signifies " the rule of the wealthy," and is one of the forms of
absolute government when there is no other power in the state to check it. ..."
5. The New Democracy: An Essay on Certain Political and Economic Tendencies in by Walter Edward Weyl (1912)
"The plutocracy believes that the American will not exchange an effective for an
ineffective ... The plutocracy claims to be a progressive, upbuilding force. ..."
6. The New Democracy: An Essay on Certain Political and Economic Tendencies in by Walter Edward Weyl (1912)
"The plutocracy believes that the American will not exchange an effective for an
ineffective ... The plutocracy claims to be a progressive, upbuilding force. ..."
7. The Progressive Movement: Its Principles and Its Programme by Samuel John Duncan-Clark (1913)
"Controlling the machinery of legislation slnd government, plutocracy has let ...
Democra- * cy and plutocracy cannot IK: successfully yoked i" beneath one ..."
8. The Laborer and the Capitalist by Freeman Otis Willey (1897)
"Therefore, it necessarily follows that there is as powerful a plutocracy (if you
see fit to call it by that name) in the South as in the North—in one part ..."
9. The Laborer and the Capitalist by Freeman Otis Willey (1896)
"plutocracy. Let us now glance at that twin brother of monopoly, ... Webster's
Unabridged gives the following as the definition of plutocracy: "A form of ..."
10. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1917)
"plutocracy and Paternalism History.—Written May 22-28, 1894, and supplementary
matter added Oct. 5-7, 1894, and July 14, 1895. In giving an account of my ..."
11. The Progress of Nations; Or the Principles of National Development in Their (1861)
"A plutocracy signifies " the rule of the wealthy," and is one of the forms of
absolute government when there is no other power in the state to check it. ..."
12. The New Democracy: An Essay on Certain Political and Economic Tendencies in by Walter Edward Weyl (1912)
"The plutocracy believes that the American will not exchange an effective for an
ineffective ... The plutocracy claims to be a progressive, upbuilding force. ..."
13. The New Democracy: An Essay on Certain Political and Economic Tendencies in by Walter Edward Weyl (1912)
"The plutocracy believes that the American will not exchange an effective for an
ineffective ... The plutocracy claims to be a progressive, upbuilding force. ..."
14. The Progressive Movement: Its Principles and Its Programme by Samuel John Duncan-Clark (1913)
"Controlling the machinery of legislation slnd government, plutocracy has let ...
Democra- * cy and plutocracy cannot IK: successfully yoked i" beneath one ..."
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