plutocracy
/ploo-TOK-ruh-see/noungovernment by the wealthy
“Unlimited campaign money edges a republic toward plutocracy.”
- Synonyms
- rule by the rich, moneyed elite
- Antonyms
- democracy
- Root
- crat- (rule)
- Memory hook
- ploutos (wealth) + cracy (rule): wealth rules.
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