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
  • The Manhattan some of us were raised knowing may have to abandon the carriage trade.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of carriage trade
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  • Fittingly, Gentling the Horse’s overriding theme is a fascination with the oddballs who scrape by on the fringes of capitalist society.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In a society divided by nationality, religion, ethnicity and ideology, that produces a crowded field.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of society
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  • Advertisement The revolution still to come At the heart of the French Revolution of 1789 was the abolition of the privileges of the aristocracy and clergy.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of aristocracy
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  • Atlanta’s glitterati in attendance, their presence an endorsement of the product.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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 28 Oct. 2026.

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