plutocraticaladj.
/ˌpluːtəˈkratᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpludəˈkrædək(ə)l/ rare.
= plutocratic adj.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > rich and powerful
plutocratical1841
affluential1842
plutocratic1853
plutish1907
plutey1952
society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of rich people
timocratical1652
plutocratical1841
timocratic1847
plutocratic1853
1841 Times 23 June 4/2 In a few days the victory of constitutional principles over jobbing selfishness, lying agitation, and plutocratical oppression of the poor, will be complete.
1866 J. L. Motley Let. 14 Aug. in Corr. (1889) II. vii. 246 England is a plutocratical oligarchy not an aristocracy of birth.
1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xix. 324 An aristocratical plutocratical self~obtruding dilettante.
2004 Re: Bruce Boycotted in alt.music.bruce-springsteen (Usenet newsgroup) 18 Aug. Franklin, Hamilton, Jay, Madison, Greene, Washington and Paine would have been classified as enemy combatants and would already have been imprisoned by the current plutocratical regime.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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