单词 | chryso-aristocracy |
释义 | > as lemmaschryso-aristocracy chryso-aristocracy n. Brit. /ˌkrɪsəʊˌarᵻˈstɒkrəsi/ , U.S. /ˌkrɪsoʊˌɛrəˈstɑkrəsi/ [loosely for chrys-] an aristocracy of wealth, = chrysocracy n.In quot. 1885 with direct reference to quot. 1858.ΘΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of rich people timocracy1586 plutocracy1631 plutarchy1643 timarchy1643 chrysocracy1828 plousiocracy1839 chryso-aristocracy1858 plutogogy1894 plutodemocracy1895 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 499/2 The weak point in our chryso-aristocracy. 1885 E. C. Stedman in Cent. Mag. 29 511 Even our ‘chryso-aristocracy’ he [sc. Holmes] thinks is bettered by the process. < as lemmas |
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