plutocracia

See also: plutocràcia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /plu.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /plu.to.kɾaˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /plu.tu.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: plu‧to‧cra‧ci‧a

Noun

plutocracia f (plural plutocracias)

plutocracy (government by the wealthy)
plutocracy (controlling class of the wealthy)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía), from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + κράτος (krátos, “strength, might”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /plutoˈkɾaθja/ [plu.t̪oˈkɾa.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /plutoˈkɾasja/ [plu.t̪oˈkɾa.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
Syllabification: plu‧to‧cra‧cia

Noun

plutocracia f (plural plutocracias)

plutocracy

Related terms

See also

aristocracia

Further reading

“plutocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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