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plutocracy

N การปกครอง โดย คนมีเงิน สังคม ที่ ปกครอง โดย คน มั่งคั่ง aristocracy kan-pok-krong-doi-kon-me-ngen

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLUTOCRACY

Plu *toc "ra *cy, n. Etym: [Gr. plutocratie.]

Defn: A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.

New American Oxford Dictionary

plutocracy

plu toc ra cy |plo͞oˈtäkrəsē pluˈtɑkrəsi | ▶noun ( pl. plutocracies ) government by the wealthy. • a country or society governed in this way. • an elite or ruling class of people whose power derives from their wealth. DERIVATIVES plu to crat ic |ˌplo͞otəˈkratik |adjective, plu to crat i cal ly |ˌplo͞otəˈkratiklē |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos ‘wealth ’ + kratos ‘strength, authority. ’ usage: See usage at aristocracy .

Oxford Dictionary

plutocracy

plutocracy |pluːˈtɒkrəsi | ▶noun ( pl. plutocracies ) [ mass noun ] government by the wealthy. • [ count noun ] a state or society governed by the wealthy. • [ count noun ] an elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth. DERIVATIVES plutocratic |pluːtəˈkratɪk |adjective, plutocratically |pluːtəˈkratɪk (ə )li |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos ‘wealth ’ + kratos ‘strength, authority ’.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

plutocracy

plu toc ra cy /pluːtɑ́krəsi |-tɔ́k -/名詞複 -cies 1 U 金権政治 (→democracy ).2 C 金権国家 [政府 ].3 C (政治に影響力のある )財閥, 富豪階級 .