Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

    Aristokratie

    аристокра́тияaristokrátija, знатьznatʹ

    аристокра́тіяarystokrátija

    a privileged class holding hereditary titles

  2. (countable, uncountable)Government by such a class, or a state with such a government.

    Aristokratie

    аристокра́тияaristokrátija

    аристокра́тіяarystokrátija

  3. (countable, uncountable)A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others.

    Aristokratie

    аристокра́тияaristokrátija, знатьznatʹ

    аристокра́тіяarystokrátija

Examples

11 sentences

  1. They are considered the aristocracy in our town.

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  2. Antiquity is the aristocracy of history.

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  3. Democracy is the aristocracy of rascals.

    ruДемократия — это аристократия негодяев. — odexed

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  4. Nancy comes from what we call the aristocracy.

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  5. Many revolutions have aimed to abolish the aristocracy.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the nobility or the hereditary ruling class:
Русский
By meaning 1
the nobility or the hereditary ruling class:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the nobility or the hereditary ruling class:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French aristocratie, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient G

Borrowed from Middle French aristocratie, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā, “the rule of the best“, that is, “the best-born”, “nobility”), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best, noblest”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”). By surface analysis, aristo- + -cracy.

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Forms

plural: aristocracies
Singulararistocracy
Pluralaristocracies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the most powerful members of a society:gentry
  • a privileged class holding hereditary titles:nobility

Word family

6 related words
Relatedaristocrataristocratic
Derivedantiaristocracyblack aristocracycodfish aristocracylabour aristocracy

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aridarielariseB1aristocrataristocraticaristotlearithmeticB1

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