plutocracy

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Government by the wealthy
A controlling class of the wealthy
a wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money
Rulership by the wealthy or elite
a political system governed by the wealthy people
{i} government controlled by wealthy people; aristocracy, position of the wealthy classes
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
A plutocracy is a country which is ruled by its wealthiest people, or a class of wealthy people who rule a country. plutocracies a ruling class or government that consists of rich people, or a country that is governed by rich people
argentocracy

Argent the capitalist, Leeson implies, much more overtly than was possible for Stevenson, who lacked the benefit of hindsight which informs Leeson’s late–twentieth-century text, that capitalism is a form of piracy. Even Silver’s parrot, Flint, has undergone a transformation in Silver’s Revenge, now saying “ten percent, take it or leave it!” (p. 111) instead of “pieces of eight.” The term “argent” also has associations with money lending (an argenter) — as it emerges when the Hispaniola is about to set sail for Treasure Island for the second time that it is Argent/Silver who owns and has put up the boat. As with other characters in the novel, Silver/Argent is also typecast through his speech. He speaks the discourse of capitalism or argentocracy (the rule or paramount influence of money), as in, “My proposition, friends, is that money overrides both law and custom and even natural justice and is a law and reason unto itself” (p. 48). Silver/Argent’s skill, however, lies in his ability to code-switch between a range of discursive genres: the discourses of piracy, respectability, and capitalism. Thematically, this code-switching foregrounds the similarity between piracy and industrialism, grounded in the common denominator of “treasure seeking.”.

plutocrat
someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
plutocrat
A member of the wealthy ruling class
plutocracies
plural of plutocracy
plutocrat
{i} wealthy person; tycoon; member of wealthy ruling class, aristocrat
plutocrat
someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
plutocrat
disapproval If you describe someone as a plutocrat, you disapprove of them because you believe they are powerful only because they are rich. someone who has power because they are rich - used to show disapproval
plutocrat
One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy
plutocratic
{s} rich, wealthy; of the wealthy ruling class, aristocratic
plutocratic
of, relating to, or being a plutocracy
plutocratic
of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat
plutocratic
Of or pertaining to plutocracy; as, plutocratic ideas
plutocracy

    Silbentrennung

    plu·toc·ra·cy

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    Etymologie

    [ plü-'tä-kr&-sE ] (noun.) 1652. From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratia, “rule of the wealthy”), from πλουτοκρατέω (ploutokrateō, “I rule through wealth”), from πλοῦτος (ploutos, “wealth”) + krateō (from κράτος (kratos, “power”, “might”)).
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