plutocracy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pluːˈtɒkɹəsi/
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From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “rule of the wealthy”), from πλουτοκρατέω (ploutokratéō, “I rule through wealth”), from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “I rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “power”, “might”)).

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: plutokrasie — government by the wealthy
• Albanian: plutokracia — government by the wealthy
• Arabic: بلوتوقراطية (blūtūqrāṭīya) — government by the wealthy
• Armenian: պլուտոկրատիա (plutokratia) — government by the wealthy
• Asturian: plutocracia — government by the wealthy
• Azerbaijani: plutokratiya — government by the wealthy
• Basque: plutokrazia — government by the wealthy
• Belarusian: плутакра́тыя (plutakrátyja) — government by the wealthy
• Breton: gladveliezh — government by the wealthy
• Bulgarian: плутокрация (plutokracija) — government by the wealthy
• Catalan: plutocràcia — government by the wealthy
• Chinese: 金權 /金权 (kim-koân) — government by the wealthy
• Chinese Mandarin: 金權政治 /金权政治 (jīn quán zhèngzhì) — government by the wealthy
• Chinese Mandarin: 財閥治國 /财阀治国 (cáifázhìguó) — government by the wealthy
• Chinese Mandarin: 財閥政治 /财阀政治 (cáifázhèngzhì) — government by the wealthy
• Czech: plutokracie — government by the wealthy
• Danish: plutokrati — government by the wealthy
• Danish: rigmandsvælde — government by the wealthy
• Dutch: plutocratie — government by the wealthy
• Esperanto: plutokratio — government by the wealthy
• Estonian: plutokraatia — government by the wealthy
• Finnish: rahavalta — government by the wealthy
• Finnish: plutokratia — government by the wealthy
• French: ploutocratie — government by the wealthy
• Galician: plutocracia — government by the wealthy
• Georgian: პლუტოკრატია (ṗluṭoḳraṭia) — government by the wealthy
• German: Plutokratie — government by the wealthy
• Bavarian German: Plutokratie — government by the wealthy
• Greek: πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía) — government by the wealthy
• Ancient Greek: πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (ploutokrătĭ́ā) — government by the wealthy
• Hebrew: פְּלוּטוֹקְרַטְיָה (plutokrátya) — government by the wealthy
• Hindi: धन-तंत्र (dhan-tantra) — government by the wealthy
• Hindi: प्लूटोक्रेसी (plūṭokresī) — government by the wealthy
• Hungarian: plutokrácia — government by the wealthy
• Icelandic: auðvaldsstjórn — government by the wealthy
• Ido: plutokratio — government by the wealthy
• Indonesian: plutokrasi — government by the wealthy
• Irish: maoinlathas — government by the wealthy
• Irish: plútacratachas — government by the wealthy
• Italian: plutocrazia — government by the wealthy
• Japanese: 金権政治 (kinkenseiji) — government by the wealthy
• Kannada: ಧನಿಕರ ಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ (dhanikara prabhutva) — government by the wealthy
• Kannada: ಶ್ರೀಮಂತರ ಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ (śrīmantara prabhutva) — government by the wealthy
• Kazakh: плутократия (plutokratiä) — government by the wealthy
• Korean: 금권 정치 (geumgwon jeongchi) — government by the wealthy
• Northern Kurdish: plutokrasî — government by the wealthy
• Kyrgyz: плутократия (plutokratiya) — government by the wealthy
• Latvian: plutokrātija — government by the wealthy
• Lithuanian: plutokratija — government by the wealthy
• Macedonian: плутократија (plutokratija) — government by the wealthy
• Manx: plutacraataghys — government by the wealthy
• Manx: argid-reill — government by the wealthy
• Mingrelian: პლუტოკრატია (ṗluṭoḳraṭia) — government by the wealthy
• Newar: धनिकतन्त्र (dhanikatantra) — government by the wealthy
• Norwegian Bokmål: plutokrati — government by the wealthy
• Norwegian Bokmål: rikmannsstyre — government by the wealthy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plutokrati — government by the wealthy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rikmannsstyre — government by the wealthy
• Occitan: plotocracia — government by the wealthy
• Polish: plutokracja — government by the wealthy
• Portuguese: plutocracia — government by the wealthy
• Punjabi: ਧਨਾਢਰਾਜ (dhanāḍhrāj) — government by the wealthy
• Romanian: plutocrație — government by the wealthy
• Russian: плутокра́тия (plutokrátija) — government by the wealthy
• Scottish Gaelic: plùtocratachd — government by the wealthy
• Serbo-Croatian: плутокра̀ција — government by the wealthy
• Serbo-Croatian: plutokràcija — government by the wealthy
• Slovak: plutokracia — government by the wealthy
• Slovene: plutokracija — government by the wealthy
• Lower Sorbian: plutokratija — government by the wealthy
• Upper Sorbian: plutokratija — government by the wealthy
• Spanish: plutocracia — government by the wealthy
• Swedish: plutokrati — government by the wealthy
• Tajik: плутократия (plutokratiya) — government by the wealthy
• Tamil: புளூட்டோக்கிராசி (puḷūṭṭōkkirāci) — government by the wealthy
• Thai: เศรษฐยาธิปไตย (sèet-tà-yaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — government by the wealthy
• Turkish: plütokrasi — government by the wealthy
• Ukrainian: плутокра́тія (plutokrátija) — government by the wealthy
• Uzbek: плутократия (plutokratiya) — government by the wealthy
• Uzbek: plutokratiya — government by the wealthy
• Vietnamese: chế độ tài phiệt — government by the wealthy
• Welsh: pliwtocratiaeth — government by the wealthy
• Welsh: goludlywodraeth — government by the wealthy
• Yiddish: פּלוטאָקראַטיע (plutokratye) — government by the wealthy
• Belarusian: плутакра́тыя (plutakrátyja) — controlling class of the wealthy
• Chinese Mandarin: 富豪階級 /富豪阶级 (fùháo jiējí) — controlling class of the wealthy
• Chinese Mandarin: 財閥 /财阀 (cáifá) — controlling class of the wealthy
• Chinese Mandarin: 財團 /财团 (cáituán) — controlling class of the wealthy
• Finnish: rikkaat — controlling class of the wealthy
• French: ploutocratie — controlling class of the wealthy
• Georgian: პლუტოკრატია (ṗluṭoḳraṭia) — controlling class of the wealthy
• Georgian: პლუტოკრატები (ṗluṭoḳraṭebi) — controlling class of the wealthy
• German: Plutokratie — controlling class of the wealthy
• German: Plutokraten — controlling class of the wealthy
• Greek: πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía) — controlling class of the wealthy
• Icelandic: auðveldi — controlling class of the wealthy
• Icelandic: auðjöfraveldi — controlling class of the wealthy
• Polish: plutokracja — controlling class of the wealthy
• Portuguese: plutocracia — controlling class of the wealthy
• Russian: плутокра́тия (plutokrátija) — controlling class of the wealthy