1) Ancient Greek government 2) Aristocrats 3) Elite 4) Elite group 5) French word used in English 6) Landed gentry 7) Nobility 8) Nobles 9) Peers 10) Reign of Terror victims 11) Rule by the best 12) Upper class 13) Upper crust
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1) Baronage 2) Dpilhqw 3) Elite 4) Elitism 5) Gentry 6) Knighthood 7) Nobility 8) Peerage 9) Squirearchy 10) Upper crust
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- a privileged class holding hereditary titles
- the most powerful members of a society
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A small but elite class, distinguished from other classes by its noble titles, privileges and/or ownership of land. Aristocracies tend to be wealthy and to exert considerable influence.
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Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία aristokratía, from ἄριστος aristos `excellent,` and κράτος kratos `power`) is a form of government in which power is in the hands of a small, privileged, ruling class. The term derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning `rule of the best`. At the time of the word`s origins in Anc...
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[class] Aristocrats are people that a particular social order considers in the highest social class of that society. Specifically, in monarchies, the aristocracy are a class of people (aristocrats) who either possess hereditary titles granted by a monarch or are related to such people. In some societies—such as Ancient Greece, Rome, and I...
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• (n.) A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. • (n.) A ruling body composed of the best citizens. • (n.) Government by the best citizens. • (n.) The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popu...
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government by a relatively small privileged class or by a minority consisting of those felt to be best qualified to rule.[34 related articles]
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Social elite or system of political power associated with landed wealth, as in Western Europe; with monetary wealth, as in Carthage and Venice; or with religious superiority, as were the Brahmans in...
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A form of government in which a minority rules under the law.
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Ar`is·toc'ra·cy noun ;
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Aristocracy (from the Greek meaning best rule) is a form of government in which the sovereign power is vested in a small number of citizens who are theoretically the best qualified to rule, as opposed to monarchy, in which the supreme authority is vested in one person, and to democracy, in which the ultimate authority is exercised by the entire bod...
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The privilege of social class whose members possess disproportionately large percentage of society's wealth, prestige and political influence.
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aristocracy, aristocraticism 1. Literally in Greek, the government of a state by its `best” citizens. 2. That form of government in which the chief power lies in the hands of those who are most distinguished by birth or fortune; political supremacy of a privileged order; oligarchy. 3. The class to which such a ruling body belongs, a patrician ord...
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a government or state ruled by an elite or privileged class; from the Greek word meaning rule of the best, aristokratia.
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1. In its original and etymological meaning (Greek: aristos-best, kratos-power), the government by the best; and by extension, the class of the chief persons in a country. As the standards by which the best can be determined and selected may vary, it is difficult to give a general definition of this term (Cf. C. Lewis, Political Terms, X. 73). But....
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Social elite or system of political power associated with landed wealth, as in Western Europe; with monetary wealth, as in Carthage and Venice; or with religious superiority, as were the Brahmans in India. Aristocracies are also usually associated with monarchy but have frequently been in conflict with the sovereign over their respective ri...
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In Marxism, the most elite social class--consisting of individuals who do not work, and hold power t
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a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility. · a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class. · government by those considered to be the best or most able people in the state. · a governing body composed of those considered to be the best or most able p...
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[Difficult words] a privileged class holding hereditary titles
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[Obscure words] a privileged class holding hereditary titles
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