plutocracyn.

Brit.

/pluːˈtɒkrəsi/, U.S.

/pluˈtɑkrəsi/

Forms: 1600s–1800s ploutocracy, 1600s– plutocracy.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πλουτοκρατία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία government by the wealthy < πλουτο- pluto- comb. form + -κρατία power (see -cracy comb. form). Compare Middle French, French ploutocratie (1582 in an apparently isolated attestation; subsequently from 1831).

1. Government by the wealthy; a state or society governed by the wealthy.

ΘΚΠ

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

1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes sig. B6^v The most universall government is now a Ploutocracy.

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 218 That poverty is an enemy to the exercise of vertue,..is not unknown to any acquainted with Plutocracy, or the soveraign power of mony.

1712 E. Bysshe tr. Xenophon Memorable Things Socrates iv. 174 When..the Magistrates were chosen according to their Revenues, it was call'd a Plutocracy.

1796 Let. to Attorney Gen. 14 Shall I rather say oligarchy or ploutocracy?

1839 Morning Herald 3 Sept. Of all systems of tyranny a plutocracy is the most cruel, selfish, and grinding.

1887 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Jan. 17 Let us be jealous of ploutocracy, and of its tendency to infect aristocracy, its elder and nobler sister.

1995 H. Fausset Walt Whitman ii. 93 The vicious strength of the acquisitive impulse, through which democracy in America has been persistently defeated by plutocracy.

1998 Harper's Mag. Apr. 14/2 I had gotten around to thinking that only a truly reckless plutocracy (as reckless as Clinton himself) would make of its government a parade float.

2. An elite or ruling class whose power and position stems from its wealth. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > of rich people

plutocracy1777

moneyocracy1834

1777 W. Young Spirit of Athens vi. 44 The ready acquiescence of the Ploutocracy in the legislation of Solon.

1832 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 205 This infernal Bill, which..is only to create a Plutocracy in lieu of the aristocracy, under which old England has flourished.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 4 An ignorant proletariat and a half-taught plutocracy.

1949 G. B. Shaw Sixteen Self Sketches ii. 7 The Downstart, as I call the boy-gentleman descended through younger sons from the plutocracy, for whom a university education is beyond his father's income.

1995 Sports Illustr. 17 Apr. 29/3 The Yankees outbid the Braves, the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox, all fellow members of the baseball plutocracy, to get Wetteland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plutocracy
释义	plutocracyn. Brit. /pluːˈtɒkrəsi/, U.S. /pluˈtɑkrəsi/ Forms: 1600s–1800s ploutocracy, 1600s– plutocracy. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πλουτοκρατία. Etymology: < ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία government by the wealthy < πλουτο- pluto- comb. form + -κρατία power (see -cracy comb. form). Compare Middle French, French ploutocratie (1582 in an apparently isolated attestation; subsequently from 1831). 1. Government by the wealthy; a state or society governed by the wealthy. ΘΚΠ 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 1631 W. Saltonstall Picturæ Loquentes sig. B6^v The most universall government is now a Ploutocracy. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 218 That poverty is an enemy to the exercise of vertue,..is not unknown to any acquainted with Plutocracy, or the soveraign power of mony. 1712 E. Bysshe tr. Xenophon Memorable Things Socrates iv. 174 When..the Magistrates were chosen according to their Revenues, it was call'd a Plutocracy. 1796 Let. to Attorney Gen. 14 Shall I rather say oligarchy or ploutocracy? 1839 Morning Herald 3 Sept. Of all systems of tyranny a plutocracy is the most cruel, selfish, and grinding. 1887 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Jan. 17 Let us be jealous of ploutocracy, and of its tendency to infect aristocracy, its elder and nobler sister. 1995 H. Fausset Walt Whitman ii. 93 The vicious strength of the acquisitive impulse, through which democracy in America has been persistently defeated by plutocracy. 1998 Harper's Mag. Apr. 14/2 I had gotten around to thinking that only a truly reckless plutocracy (as reckless as Clinton himself) would make of its government a parade float. 2. An elite or ruling class whose power and position stems from its wealth. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > of rich people plutocracy1777 moneyocracy1834 1777 W. Young Spirit of Athens vi. 44 The ready acquiescence of the Ploutocracy in the legislation of Solon. 1832 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 205 This infernal Bill, which..is only to create a Plutocracy in lieu of the aristocracy, under which old England has flourished. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 4 An ignorant proletariat and a half-taught plutocracy. 1949 G. B. Shaw Sixteen Self Sketches ii. 7 The Downstart, as I call the boy-gentleman descended through younger sons from the plutocracy, for whom a university education is beyond his father's income. 1995 Sports Illustr. 17 Apr. 29/3 The Yankees outbid the Braves, the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox, all fellow members of the baseball plutocracy, to get Wetteland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631
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