plutocracy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pluːˈtɒkɹəsi/    美 /pluːˈtɑːkɹəsi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Government by the wealthy. countable,uncountable
    — Plutocracy, which is virtually supreme to-day, is to be no less condemned ; for it is not only not just, bit is nearly as detrimental to the race at large as absolute socialism would be, if adopted […]
  2. A controlling class of the wealthy. countable,uncountable
    — “There are three big classes in society. First comes the Plutocracy, which is composed of wealthy bankers, railway magnates, corporation directors, and trust magnates. Second, is the middle class, your class, gentlemen, which is composed of farmers, merchants, small manufacturers, and professional men. And third and last comes my class, the proletariat, which is composed of the wage-workers.

词形变化

plutocracies plural plousiocracy alternative ploutocracy alternative

词汇关系

近义词
argentocracy tycoonocracy
衍生词
antiplutocracy lootocracy
相关词
plutocrat plutocratic plutodemocracy plutonomy

词源

From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “rule of the wealthy”), from πλουτοκρατέω (ploutokratéō, “I rule through wealth”), from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “I rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “power”, “might”)).
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