

‘The plutocracy presently in charge of these matters must become alert to the needs of all.’.‘Politicians rail against the plutocracy and the baleful influence of ‘the top 1 percent.’’.‘And as skeptical as I am of majority opinion right now, it's better than the unbridled greed of the plutocracy we've got at present.’.‘A century ago the city was a playground for the New York plutocracy.’.‘In the end, the financial plutocracy handpicked the president.’.
Plutocracy antonym free#
No free society can exist without a strong middle class.’ ‘Right now we have a small elite plutocracy and a whole lot of peasants - no wonder the current system is rotting from the inside.1.2 count noun An elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth.‘Since when did the US become an official plutocracy?’.‘Indeed, it does appear they are increasingly living in a plutocracy, and this is a factor that simply cannot be overlooked in the discussion of class polarization.’.‘We are on the way to becoming a plutocracy.’.‘No one, whatever their conception of justice, can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a plutocracy.’.‘Since most people don't want to admit out loud that they live in a plutocracy, successful politicians have, until now, worked hard to keep up an illusion.’.‘They pointed out that a country ruled by the very wealthy is actually a plutocracy, not a democracy.’.‘It appears we either have been transmuted to an obvious plutocracy - or worse, a fascist dictatorship.’.


Unabridged gives the following as the definition of plutocracy: "A form of. Let us now glance at that twin brother of monopoly. The Laborer and the Capitalist by Freeman Otis Willey (1896) See fit to call it by that name) in the South as in the North-in one part. "Therefore, it necessarily follows that there is as powerful a plutocracy (if you The Laborer and the Capitalist by Freeman Otis Willey (1897) Lexicographical Neighbors of Plutocracy plussedīelow you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:ġ. 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.Ģ. Generic synonyms: Form Of Government, Political Systemĭerivative terms: Plutocratic, Plutocraticalġ.
