Plutocracy: Power of Wealth

plu.toc.ra.cy /plutkrsi/ [ploo-tok-ruh-see]
1. the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
2. a government or state in which the wealthy class rules.
3. a class or group ruling, or exercising power or influence, by virtue of its wealth.
[Origin: 1645; < Greek ploutokrat­a, equiv. to ploto(s) wealth + -kratia -cracy]

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