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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a political system governed by the wealthy people

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -cies) Etymology: Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos wealth; akin to Greek plein to sail, float — more at flow Date: 1652 1. government by the wealthy 2. a controlling class of the wealthy • plutocrat noun • plutocratic adjective • plutocratically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a government by the wealthy. b a State governed in this way. 2 a wealthy élite or ruling class. Derivatives: plutocratic adj. plutocratically adv. Etymology: Gk ploutokratia f. ploutos wealth + -CRACY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Plutocracy Plu*toc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ?; ? wealth + ? to be strong, to rule, fr.? strength: cf. F. plutocratie.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(plutocracies) A plutocracy is a country which is ruled by its wealthiest people, or a class of wealthy people who rule a country. (FORMAL) N-COUNT