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US
/ˈpɫutəˌkɹæt/
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[ UK /plˈuːtəkɹˌæt/ ]
[ UK /plˈuːtəkɹˌæt/ ]
NOUN
- someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
How To Use plutocrat In A Sentence
- It was a cynical play to show his base just how edgy he was, pwning this old plutocrat with his rapier-like wit.
- And your plutocrat of a master, that never does a handsturn of work himself, takes it for granted that any whim that comes into a man’s head can be gratified: yes, he counts that the fair thing, and never takes account of how much the work is. Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
- `Isn't that going to trigger a regression to the plutocratic hegemony of the last century? LOVE YOU MADLY
- There was a reason why William Jennings Bryan rallied millions behind his presidential campaign in 1896 when he campaigned against what he saw as the Republican plutocrats with his slogan that “you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold” Although technically a speech for bimetallism, the slogan reverberated though the west, the laboring class, and poor farmers. Failure of Economics and the Market System? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
- It had proved to be such a simple matter, after all: one bold stroke; a tussle, happily bloodless, with the plutocratic dragon whose hold upon his treasure was so easily broken; and presto! the hungry proletary had become himself a power in the world, strong to do good or evil, as the gods might direct. The Price
- This is part of the genius of the Democrap-Republicrook two-party duopoly, which is no more than a plutocratic political partnership to maintain the corpocracy and prevent the non-wealthy 80 percent of the population from taking the power that is theirs. When Winning Is Losing - Democraps Are A Political Placebo
- The other view promises expanded democracy and giving the people, not plutocrats, control of government.
- Recent radio programs, drawn from a variety of sources and processed for compact bandwidth, that take as given that 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB to benefit a global, feudalist elite whose plutocratic advance and contempt for democracy and humanity form an ongoing, accelerating agenda of eugenics, exploitation, endless war, environmental degradation, murderous censorship, decimation of human kind and enserfment for those who remain Radio Project Front Page Podcast
- It is hardly a glorious ascension to sit among party placemen, pushy plutocrats and aides who once carried your bags. Times, Sunday Times
- Like Ronald Reagan, their lifeboat is finding some plutocrat who will give them crumbs in exchange for endless diatribes re how the rich DESERVE to be rich. Matthew Yglesias » Cutting and Running