plutocracynoun
uk/pluːˈtɒk.rə.si/us/pluːˈtɑː.krə.si/plutocracy noun (SYSTEM)
[ U ] a system of government in which the richest people in a country rule or have power:
It's time we put an end to plutocracy.
[ C ] a country where the richest people have power
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Systems of government
- a reign of terror idiom
- absolutism
- ancien régime
- anti-federalist
- apartheid
- Dem
- democracy
- democrat
- democratic
- democratize
- imperialism
- interregnum
- Jim Crow
- junta
- kleptocracy
- patriarchy
- plutocrat
- police state
- regime
- reign
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plutocracy noun (PEOPLE)
[ S, + sing/pl verb ] the richest people in a country who have power in it
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Rich people
- beautiful
- capitalist
- county
- designer socialist
- elite
- glitterati
- haves
- jet-setter
- laird
- means
- nob
- rentier
- rich
- tax exile
- the beautiful people idiom
- the jet set
- toff
- well heeled
- well off
- yuppie
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