plutarchyn.
/ˈpluːtɑːki/, U.S. /ˈpluˌtɑrki/ Rule or government by the wealthy; an example of this; = plutocracy n. 1. Also: a wealthy ruling class; = plutocracy n. 2.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of rich people
timocracy1586
plutocracy1631
plutarchy1643
timarchy1643
chrysocracy1828
plousiocracy1839
chryso-aristocracy1858
plutogogy1894
plutodemocracy1895
1643 Maximes Unfolded 28 When the best in wealth and estates governe the poore, it is called Plutarchie, the Empire of riches.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 243 A meer Plutarchy, Plutocracy, or rather Plutomanie; so madly they hale after money.
1835 R. Southey Doctor III. 283 We had no plutarchy, no millionaires, no great capitalists.
1890 A. Carnegie in Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Sept. 7/1 It is said that in America, although we have no aristocracy, we are cursed with a plutarchy.
1948 O. C. Cox Caste, Class, & Race ix. 143 Ambition, plutarchy, capital accumulation, exploitation, nationalism, humanitarianism, idealism, and so on, characterize this way of life.
2001 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 22 Dec. a7 We can reduce the frustration that people feel from dictatorships, monarchies, oligarchies and plutarchies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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