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Definition of plutocracy noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

plutocracy

noun

NAmE//pluˈtɑkrəsi//

(pl. plutocracies)

1[uncountable] government by the richest people of a country

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2[countable] a country governed by the richest people in it

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