different between plutocrat vs plutocracy

English

Alternative forms

• ploutocrat (archaic)

Etymology

From pluto- +? -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek ??????? (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + ?????? (krátos, “power, might”).

Noun

plutocrat (plural plutocrats)

1. Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.

   Synonyms: oligarch, (rare) tycoonocrat

Related terms

• plutocracy
• plutocratic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French ploutocrate

Noun

plutocrat m (plural plutocra?i)

1. plutocrat

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• plousiocracy, ploutocracy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (ploutokratía, “rule of the wealthy”), from ???????????? (ploutokraté?, “I rule through wealth”), from ??????? (ploûtos, “wealth”) + ?????? (kraté?, “I rule”) (from ?????? (krátos, “power”, “might”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /plu??t?k??si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /plu??t??k??si/

Noun

plutocracy (countable and uncountable, plural plutocracies)

1. Government by the wealthy.
2. A controlling class of the wealthy.

Synonyms

• argentocracy (nonce word)
• tycoonocracy (uncommon)

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• plutocracy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia