plutocracy.

A system in which wealthy people hold dominant political power.

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Words that belong together

• wealthy plutocracy
• entrenched plutocracy

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The essay argues that the reforms challenged an entrenched plutocracy.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular plutocracy; plural plutocracies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: moderately common.