英语词汇“plutarchy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

plutarchy

释义

plutarchy|ˈpluːtəkɪ|
[f. Gr. πλοῦτος wealth, riches + -αρχία rule; after monarchy, etc.]
The rule or dominion of wealth, or of the wealthy; plutocracy.
c1643Maximes Unfolded 28 When the best in wealth and estates governe the poore, it is called Plutarchie, the Empire of riches.1652[see plutomania 1].1834–43Southey Doctor cii. (1862) 233 We had our monarchy, our hierarchy, our aristocracy,..but we had no plutarchy, no millionaires, no great capitalists to break down the honest and industrious trader with the weight of their overbearing and overwhelming wealth.1890A. Carnegie in Pall Mall G. 5 Sept. 7/1 It is said that in America, although we have no aristocracy, we are cursed with a plutarchy... A man who carries a million dollars on his back carries a load. He cannot be elected for anything.

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