Translations for plutocracy in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

plutocracy [Brit pluːˈtɒkrəsi, Am pluˈtɑkrəsi] N

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plutocracy <-cies> [plu:ˈtɒkrəsi, Am -ˈtɑ:krə-] N

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1. plutocracy no pl (system of government, country):

plutocracy

2. plutocracy (the wealthy elite):

the plutocracy

the plutocracy

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It typically has stratified social classes, including a large, impoverished working class and a ruling plutocracy of business, political, and military elites. en.wikipedia.org

Executive power and patronage have been used to corrupt our legislatures and defeat the will of the people, and plutocracy has thereby been enthroned upon the ruins of democracy. en.wikipedia.org

It is more or less of a plutocracy. en.wikipedia.org

The former was an aristocracy - the latter a plutocracy. www.abc.net.au

It was also to give access to the salubrious villas built by the colony's emerging plutocracy. en.wikipedia.org

In practice, it is a deceitful and tricky network of plutocracy. nation.com.pk

And our political system remains relatively uncorrupted by the torrents of money that have turned your country into a permanent plutocracy. www.theglobeandmail.com

This is in contrast to elitism, aristocracy, synarchy or plutocracy, each of which is an ideology that espouse government by a small, privileged group above the masses. en.wikipedia.org

The cost of political campaigning in representative democracies favors the rich, a form of plutocracy where only a very small number of individuals can actually affect government policy. en.wikipedia.org

This auspicious plutocracy helped to establish the first roadways into the area, inaugurated in 1882. en.wikipedia.org

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