Plutodemocracy
//ˌplutoʊdɪˈmɒkɹəsi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A deceptive pseudodemocratic government that is in fact a hypercapitalist plutocracy.
"The old ruling classes were no longer the major obstacles to the development of plutodemocracy; they were replaced by the new oppressed class, the proletariat, which was beginning to become sufficiently powerful to threaten capitalism."
Example
More examples"The old ruling classes were no longer the major obstacles to the development of plutodemocracy; they were replaced by the new oppressed class, the proletariat, which was beginning to become sufficiently powerful to threaten capitalism."
Etymology
Blend of plutocracy + democracy.
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