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plutocracy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plutocracy  \Plu*toc"ra*cy\,  n.  [Gr.  ?;  ?  wealth  +  ?  to  be 
  strong,  to  rule  fr.?  strength:  cf  F.  plutocratie.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plutocracy 
  n  :  a  political  system  governed  by  the  wealthy  people 




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