noun · countable / uncountable · rare

plutocracy

plutocracy · plutocracies

плутократія

плутократия

Plutokratie, Plutokraten

Government by the wealthyGovernment by the wealthy.

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UK/pluːˈtɒkɹəsi/US/pluːˈtɑːkɹəsi/

» This country has become a plutocracy.

Эта страна стала плутократией.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)Government by the wealthy.
Plutokratie
плутокра́тияplutokrátija
плутокра́тіяplutokrátija
a political system governed by the wealthy people
(countable, uncountable)A controlling class of the wealthy.
Plutokratie, Plutokraten
плутокра́тияplutokrátija

Examples

3 sentences

This country has become a plutocracy.
ruЭта страна стала плутократией.
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There must be democracy, not plutocracy.
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Plutocracy is a political system in which power is exercised by the wealthiest.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

government by the wealthy:

Русский

By meaning 1

government by the wealthy:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

government by the wealthy:

controlling class of the wealthy:

Origin

From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “rule of the wealthy”), from πλουτοκρατέω (

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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