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单词 plutocrats
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plutocracy

noun

plu·​toc·​ra·​cy plü-ˈtä-krə-sē How to pronounce plutocracy (audio)
plural plutocracies
1
: government by the wealthy
2
: a controlling class of the wealthy
plutocrat
ˈplü-tə-ˌkrat How to pronounce plutocracy (audio)
noun
plutocratic
ˌplü-tə-ˈkra-tik How to pronounce plutocracy (audio)
adjective
plutocratically
ˌplü-tə-ˈkra-ti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce plutocracy (audio)
adverb

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Ploutos was Greek for "wealth", and Plouton, or Pluto, was one of the names used for the Greek god of the underworld, where all the earth's mineral wealth was stored. So a plutocracy governs or wields power through its money. The economic growth in the U.S. in the late 19th century produced a group of enormously wealthy plutocrats. Huge companies like John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil gained serious political power, and Rockefeller was able to influence lawmakers in states where his businesses operated. For this reason, it was said in 1905 that Ohio and New Jersey were plutocracies, not democracies.

Example Sentences

If only the wealthy can afford to run for public office, are we more a plutocracy than a democracy? corporate greed and America's growing plutocracy
Recent Examples on the Web One school of progressive thought says that America has devolved (once again, perhaps) into a plutocracy. Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 11 July 2022 Social equity pits people with very little wealth and clout against the plutocracy that runs the world, with billions of dollars at stake. Amanda Chicago Lewis, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2022 The battle against plutocracy isn’t going to be won in a single piece of legislation, certainly not one against which Manchin and Sinema hold an effective veto. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021 Alas, Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer seem to be at home in the backroom, even as the Democrats squander the opportunity to break the plutocracy -- government of, by, and for the super-rich. Jeffrey Sachs, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021 Within 40 years, California had created a new plutocracy of Eloi, whose wealth exempted them from all worries about the mundane problems of the distant and despised Morlock others. Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2021 In recent decades, as the stock market has soared, the vast fortunes amassed by some members of the plutocracy have largely escaped taxation. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 June 2021 Once before, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, similar rhetoric about the dangers of plutocracy helped cement a Democratic majority that endured for decades. Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021 Inequality is one of the biggest barriers to a functioning democracy: To turn around a slide into plutocracy, Democrats need to address the fact that two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck right now. Clio Chang, The New Republic, 9 Jan. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos wealth; akin to Greek plein to sail, float — more at flow

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1

plutocrats

noun

plural of plutocrat
as in capitalists
a wealthy person the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer "cottages" in Newport

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • capitalists
  • haves
  • billionaires
  • moneybags
  • magnates
  • money
  • tycoons
  • heiresses
  • silk stockings
  • heirs
  • deep pockets
  • millionaires
  • fat cats
  • multimillionaires
  • multibillionaires
  • zillionaires
  • moneymakers
  • nabobs
  • multi-millionaires
  • Croesuses
  • gazillionaires
  • money-spinners
  • multi-millionairesses
  • jeunesse dorée
  • multimillionairesses
  • jet-setters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • paupers
  • beggars
  • have-nots
  • bankrupts
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