plutocracy

noun

Definition of plutocracynext
as in carriage trade

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Recent Examples of plutocracy The turn toward market liberalization around 1980 unleashed a second wave of plutocracy. — Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025 American democracy has been hijacked by a one-man plutocracy. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025 The problem with plutocracy is that billionaires are typically removed from the struggles of working- and middle-class citizens, ordinary folks who share neither the goals nor system of values of the ultrawealthy. — Mordechai Gordon, Hartford Courant, 25 Dec. 2024 The potent and volatile combination of high capital and popular radicalism, plutocracy and populism, characteristic of the American Right is a heritage of the global political and economic turmoil of the 1930s. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for plutocracy
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  1. carriage trade
  2. society
  3. aristocracy
  4. glitterati
  5. beautiful people
  6. jet set
Noun
  • Both industrialized what had previously been cottage industries—in Ford’s case, the artisanal carriage trade; in Seabrook’s, market gardening.
    — John Seabrook June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • Once the sale of the North Avenue Market complex was official a few weeks ago, a new arts partnership began envisioning a future for this 1928 landmark where Baltimore’s carriage trade once did their food shopping.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
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  • Such acts undermine Israel's security, its regional and international standing, and the moral fabric of our society.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • By the 1980s, England was beginning its turn away from churchgoing as a cornerstone of society, so nothing as extroverted or nakedly clerical as gospel choirs would fit a downcast, monochromatic land anyhow.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of society
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  • Of course, one entertainer who isn’t in that category would seem to be a natural fit for Arrowhead — the one who has married into Kansas City’s aristocracy.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The ‘Baronessa’ was Venetian aristocracy and lived in a vast rococo palace with Guardis and Canalettos in the drawing room.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of aristocracy
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  • The chatelaine of the high-society squad, Swift has been rubbing shoulders with the great, the good, and the glamorous of Britain’s glitterati all from the comfort of their natural habitat.
    — Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The bout was a big draw for glitterati, gangs and their entourages -- particularly from Southern California.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of glitterati
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  • The city’s limited square footage means that even the most famous and beautiful people are humbled by a relative lack of privacy.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Not even being married to one of the world’s most beautiful people could break that spell.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of beautiful people
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  • The Calmer Side of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez has been associated with the international jet set since the 1950s thanks to legendary actress Brigitte Bardot and one of French cinema’s most iconic films, Et Dieu…Créa la Femme.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Nicole Kidman’s jet set summer continues with its most recent stop in Mykonos, Greece, where the actress was positively glowing alongside Lioness co-star Zoe Saldaña.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026
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“Plutocracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plutocracy. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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