plutocraticadj.
/ˌpluːtəˈkratɪk/, U.S. /ˌpludəˈkrædɪk/ Of or relating to plutocrats; characterized by plutocracy.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > rich and powerful
plutocratical1841
affluential1842
plutocratic1853
plutish1907
plutey1952
society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of rich people
timocratical1652
plutocratical1841
timocratic1847
plutocratic1853
1853 Times 19 Oct. 6/3 The minds of our aristocratic, plutocratic, timocratic, despotic, and anything but democratic rulers.
1866 Sat. Rev. 21 Apr. 480/1 The Oriental empires and African kingdoms or republics (if that term can be applied to the timocratic or perhaps ploutocratic Carthage).
1905 Outlook 11 Nov. 650/1 In Ohio and New Jersey..democracy had been supplanted by a plutocratic despotism.
1995 M. Lind Next Amer. Nation Introd. 14 Such a grim future cannot be averted by trivial reforms, like the pseudo-populist gimmicks of the plutocratic right.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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