Definition of plutocracy in English:

plutocracy

nounPlural plutocracies pluːˈtɒkrəsipluˈtɑkrəsi

mass noun

1Government by the wealthy.
富豪统治，财阀统治
the attack on the Bank of England was a gesture against the very symbol of plutocracy
Example sentencesExamples
- The danger is that plutocracy will prevail over democracy, that the free market will rule over the free citizen.
- What we're effectively seeing is the displacement of democratic representative government with something approaching plutocracy.
- Anti-immigrant hatred, urban violence, democracy subverted by plutocracy - these are not, the film shows, new developments.
- In a word, aristocracy was displaced by plutocracy.
- It would replace democracy with plutocracy, letting the wealthy and big business make laws in their own interests.
1. 1.1count noun A state or society governed by the wealthy.
  富豪（或财阀）统治的国家（或社会）
  no one can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a plutocracy
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dark times are ahead because there is no republic anymore only a plutocracy.
  It appears we either have been transmuted to an obvious plutocracy - or worse, a fascist dictatorship.
  No one, whatever their conception of justice, can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a 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.
  It is a plutocracy, not a democracy.
  Today, more than ever, it resembles a plutocracy, a society governed by a handful of enormously wealthy individuals.
  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.
  We are on the way to becoming a plutocracy.
  The country today is a plutocracy, a society run in the interests of billionaires and millionaires.
  Since when did the US become an official plutocracy?
  Under the guise of democracy, the island is a plutocracy - a political system governed by the wealthy people.
2. 1.2count noun An elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth.
  富豪，财阀；富豪（或财阀）统治阶级
  officials were drawn from the new plutocracy
  Example sentencesExamples
  For in reality France under Louis XVI was governed not by the nobility, but by a plutocracy in which the majority of nobles had no share.
  The country is now ruled by a plutocracy.
  As you've pointed out in many of your articles, the revolution against the capitalist plutocracy is largely a war of words and ideas at this point.
  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.
  The new plutocracy wanted a recognizable artistic language that would ease their cultural insecurities and establish their legitimacy.
  Class privilege has reached the point where the entire society is ruled by a plutocracy.
  In the end, the financial plutocracy handpicked the president.
  A century ago the city was a playground for the New York plutocracy.
  The existing two-party system, whose personnel are utterly dependent on the financial support of the plutocracy, is thoroughly unrepresentative of the general population.
  Right now we have a small elite plutocracy and a whole lot of peasants - no wonder the current system is rotting from the inside. No free society can exist without a strong middle class.
  Such policies threaten the interest of the plutocracy that runs this county and controls both the Democrats and Republicans.
  The outcome of this inevitable economic process was not government of, for and by the people, but of, for and by the new capitalist plutocracy.
  The plutocracy presently in charge of these matters must become alert to the needs of all.
  In these various ways, a new plutocracy was emerging in western Europe during the late nineteenth century, composed of aristocratic and bourgeois elements, which compromised the original liberal ideal.
  We need to change our government in a revolutionary way, and overthrow the plutocracy (which is firmly rooted in this mentality) that controls our government.

Derivatives

plutocratic

adjective pluːtəˈkratɪkˌpludəˈkrædɪk

Relating to or characterized by government by the wealthy.
his plutocratic, anti-democratic regime
Example sentencesExamples
- a state run by a plutocratic elite
- Democratic trade unions are more representative of society than the plutocratic command structures of private corporations.
- And when we consider the nation's current plutocratic and imperial trajectory, the prospects grow even more dim.
- Others married into the financial wealth of the City of London, allying the status of land with the new plutocratic wealth of finance.

plutocratically

adverb ˌpluːtəˈkratɪk(ə)liˌpludəˈkrædək(ə)li

The only yachts permitted into the marina are those belonging to guests or the island's owner, a billionaire German industrialist so plutocratically wealthy and security-minded that he demands complete anonymity.
Indeed, especially when the new millennium arrived, it became clear that the Empire builders took great strides towards playing the role of plutocratically organized dictators in a not yet quite solidified globalizing Empire.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos 'wealth' + kratos 'strength, authority'.

Rhymes

adhocracy, aristocracy, autocracy, bureaucracy, democracy, gerontocracy, gynaecocracy (US gynecocracy), hierocracy, hypocrisy, meritocracy, mobocracy, monocracy, technocracy, theocracy

Definition of plutocracy in US English:

plutocracy

nounpluˈtɑkrəsiplo͞oˈtäkrəsē

1Government by the wealthy.
富豪统治，财阀统治
the attack on the Bank of England was a gesture against the very symbol of plutocracy
Example sentencesExamples
- What we're effectively seeing is the displacement of democratic representative government with something approaching plutocracy.
- The danger is that plutocracy will prevail over democracy, that the free market will rule over the free citizen.
- It would replace democracy with plutocracy, letting the wealthy and big business make laws in their own interests.
- Anti-immigrant hatred, urban violence, democracy subverted by plutocracy - these are not, the film shows, new developments.
- In a word, aristocracy was displaced by plutocracy.
1. 1.1 A country or society governed by the wealthy.
  富豪（或财阀）统治的国家（或社会）
  no one can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a plutocracy
  Example sentencesExamples
  No one, whatever their conception of justice, can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a plutocracy.
  Today, more than ever, it resembles a plutocracy, a society governed by a handful of enormously wealthy individuals.
  It appears we either have been transmuted to an obvious plutocracy - or worse, a fascist dictatorship.
  Dark times are ahead because there is no republic anymore only a plutocracy.
  We are on the way to becoming a plutocracy.
  It is a plutocracy, not a democracy.
  The country today is a plutocracy, a society run in the interests of billionaires and millionaires.
  They pointed out that a country ruled by the very wealthy is actually a plutocracy, not a democracy.
  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.
  Since when did the US become an official plutocracy?
  Under the guise of democracy, the island is a plutocracy - a political system governed by the wealthy people.
  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.
2. 1.2 An elite or ruling class of people whose power derives from their wealth.
  富豪，财阀；富豪（或财阀）统治阶级
  officials were drawn from the new plutocracy
  Example sentencesExamples
  Right now we have a small elite plutocracy and a whole lot of peasants - no wonder the current system is rotting from the inside. No free society can exist without a strong middle class.
  For in reality France under Louis XVI was governed not by the nobility, but by a plutocracy in which the majority of nobles had no share.
  The new plutocracy wanted a recognizable artistic language that would ease their cultural insecurities and establish their legitimacy.
  Such policies threaten the interest of the plutocracy that runs this county and controls both the Democrats and Republicans.
  Class privilege has reached the point where the entire society is ruled by a plutocracy.
  As you've pointed out in many of your articles, the revolution against the capitalist plutocracy is largely a war of words and ideas at this point.
  A century ago the city was a playground for the New York plutocracy.
  In the end, the financial plutocracy handpicked the president.
  We need to change our government in a revolutionary way, and overthrow the plutocracy (which is firmly rooted in this mentality) that controls our government.
  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.
  Politicians rail against the plutocracy and the baleful influence of ‘the top 1 percent.’
  The outcome of this inevitable economic process was not government of, for and by the people, but of, for and by the new capitalist plutocracy.
  The country is now ruled by a plutocracy.
  In these various ways, a new plutocracy was emerging in western Europe during the late nineteenth century, composed of aristocratic and bourgeois elements, which compromised the original liberal ideal.
  The plutocracy presently in charge of these matters must become alert to the needs of all.
  The existing two-party system, whose personnel are utterly dependent on the financial support of the plutocracy, is thoroughly unrepresentative of the general population.

Usage

See aristocracy

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos ‘wealth’ + kratos ‘strength, authority’.

单词	plutocracy
释义	Definition of plutocracy in English: plutocracy nounPlural plutocracies pluːˈtɒkrəsipluˈtɑkrəsi mass noun 1Government by the wealthy. 富豪统治，财阀统治 the attack on the Bank of England was a gesture against the very symbol of plutocracy Example sentencesExamples The danger is that plutocracy will prevail over democracy, that the free market will rule over the free citizen. What we're effectively seeing is the displacement of democratic representative government with something approaching plutocracy. Anti-immigrant hatred, urban violence, democracy subverted by plutocracy - these are not, the film shows, new developments. In a word, aristocracy was displaced by plutocracy. It would replace democracy with plutocracy, letting the wealthy and big business make laws in their own interests. 1.1count noun A state or society governed by the wealthy. 富豪（或财阀）统治的国家（或社会） no one can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a plutocracy Example sentencesExamples Dark times are ahead because there is no republic anymore only a plutocracy. It appears we either have been transmuted to an obvious plutocracy - or worse, a fascist dictatorship. No one, whatever their conception of justice, can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a 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. It is a plutocracy, not a democracy. Today, more than ever, it resembles a plutocracy, a society governed by a handful of enormously wealthy individuals. 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. We are on the way to becoming a plutocracy. The country today is a plutocracy, a society run in the interests of billionaires and millionaires. Since when did the US become an official plutocracy? Under the guise of democracy, the island is a plutocracy - a political system governed by the wealthy people. 1.2count noun An elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth. 富豪，财阀；富豪（或财阀）统治阶级 officials were drawn from the new plutocracy Example sentencesExamples For in reality France under Louis XVI was governed not by the nobility, but by a plutocracy in which the majority of nobles had no share. The country is now ruled by a plutocracy. As you've pointed out in many of your articles, the revolution against the capitalist plutocracy is largely a war of words and ideas at this point. 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. The new plutocracy wanted a recognizable artistic language that would ease their cultural insecurities and establish their legitimacy. Class privilege has reached the point where the entire society is ruled by a plutocracy. In the end, the financial plutocracy handpicked the president. A century ago the city was a playground for the New York plutocracy. The existing two-party system, whose personnel are utterly dependent on the financial support of the plutocracy, is thoroughly unrepresentative of the general population. Right now we have a small elite plutocracy and a whole lot of peasants - no wonder the current system is rotting from the inside. No free society can exist without a strong middle class. Such policies threaten the interest of the plutocracy that runs this county and controls both the Democrats and Republicans. The outcome of this inevitable economic process was not government of, for and by the people, but of, for and by the new capitalist plutocracy. The plutocracy presently in charge of these matters must become alert to the needs of all. In these various ways, a new plutocracy was emerging in western Europe during the late nineteenth century, composed of aristocratic and bourgeois elements, which compromised the original liberal ideal. We need to change our government in a revolutionary way, and overthrow the plutocracy (which is firmly rooted in this mentality) that controls our government. Derivatives plutocratic adjective pluːtəˈkratɪkˌpludəˈkrædɪk Relating to or characterized by government by the wealthy. his plutocratic, anti-democratic regime Example sentencesExamples a state run by a plutocratic elite Democratic trade unions are more representative of society than the plutocratic command structures of private corporations. And when we consider the nation's current plutocratic and imperial trajectory, the prospects grow even more dim. Others married into the financial wealth of the City of London, allying the status of land with the new plutocratic wealth of finance. plutocratically adverb ˌpluːtəˈkratɪk(ə)liˌpludəˈkrædək(ə)li The only yachts permitted into the marina are those belonging to guests or the island's owner, a billionaire German industrialist so plutocratically wealthy and security-minded that he demands complete anonymity. Indeed, especially when the new millennium arrived, it became clear that the Empire builders took great strides towards playing the role of plutocratically organized dictators in a not yet quite solidified globalizing Empire. Origin Mid 17th century: from Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos 'wealth' + kratos 'strength, authority'. Rhymes adhocracy, aristocracy, autocracy, bureaucracy, democracy, gerontocracy, gynaecocracy (US gynecocracy), hierocracy, hypocrisy, meritocracy, mobocracy, monocracy, technocracy, theocracy Definition of plutocracy in US English: plutocracy nounpluˈtɑkrəsiplo͞oˈtäkrəsē 1Government by the wealthy. 富豪统治，财阀统治 the attack on the Bank of England was a gesture against the very symbol of plutocracy Example sentencesExamples What we're effectively seeing is the displacement of democratic representative government with something approaching plutocracy. The danger is that plutocracy will prevail over democracy, that the free market will rule over the free citizen. It would replace democracy with plutocracy, letting the wealthy and big business make laws in their own interests. Anti-immigrant hatred, urban violence, democracy subverted by plutocracy - these are not, the film shows, new developments. In a word, aristocracy was displaced by plutocracy. 1.1 A country or society governed by the wealthy. 富豪（或财阀）统治的国家（或社会） no one can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a plutocracy Example sentencesExamples No one, whatever their conception of justice, can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a plutocracy. Today, more than ever, it resembles a plutocracy, a society governed by a handful of enormously wealthy individuals. It appears we either have been transmuted to an obvious plutocracy - or worse, a fascist dictatorship. Dark times are ahead because there is no republic anymore only a plutocracy. We are on the way to becoming a plutocracy. It is a plutocracy, not a democracy. The country today is a plutocracy, a society run in the interests of billionaires and millionaires. They pointed out that a country ruled by the very wealthy is actually a plutocracy, not a democracy. 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. Since when did the US become an official plutocracy? Under the guise of democracy, the island is a plutocracy - a political system governed by the wealthy people. 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. 1.2 An elite or ruling class of people whose power derives from their wealth. 富豪，财阀；富豪（或财阀）统治阶级 officials were drawn from the new plutocracy Example sentencesExamples Right now we have a small elite plutocracy and a whole lot of peasants - no wonder the current system is rotting from the inside. No free society can exist without a strong middle class. For in reality France under Louis XVI was governed not by the nobility, but by a plutocracy in which the majority of nobles had no share. The new plutocracy wanted a recognizable artistic language that would ease their cultural insecurities and establish their legitimacy. Such policies threaten the interest of the plutocracy that runs this county and controls both the Democrats and Republicans. Class privilege has reached the point where the entire society is ruled by a plutocracy. As you've pointed out in many of your articles, the revolution against the capitalist plutocracy is largely a war of words and ideas at this point. A century ago the city was a playground for the New York plutocracy. In the end, the financial plutocracy handpicked the president. We need to change our government in a revolutionary way, and overthrow the plutocracy (which is firmly rooted in this mentality) that controls our government. 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. Politicians rail against the plutocracy and the baleful influence of ‘the top 1 percent.’ The outcome of this inevitable economic process was not government of, for and by the people, but of, for and by the new capitalist plutocracy. The country is now ruled by a plutocracy. In these various ways, a new plutocracy was emerging in western Europe during the late nineteenth century, composed of aristocratic and bourgeois elements, which compromised the original liberal ideal. The plutocracy presently in charge of these matters must become alert to the needs of all. The existing two-party system, whose personnel are utterly dependent on the financial support of the plutocracy, is thoroughly unrepresentative of the general population. Usage See aristocracy Origin Mid 17th century: from Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos ‘wealth’ + kratos ‘strength, authority’.
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