plutonomy
plutonomy · plutonomies
The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as dominated…The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as dominated by such concerns.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable)The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as dominated by such concerns.
Origin
From pluto- + -nomy. Google’s n-gram search suggests the Plutonomy was coined in late 1800From pluto- + -nomy. Google’s n-gram search suggests the Plutonomy was coined in late 1800s. References to the term using n-gram can be found in books as early as 1851, in a book written by John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow titled “Christian Socialism and Its opponents”, where it was used in the context of wealth.
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Forms
plural: plutonomies| Singular | plutonomy |
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Word family
4 related wordsDerivedplutonomist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable