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aristocracy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gentry |
| Type of | upper class, upper crust |
| Has types | squirearchy, landed gentry |
| Derivation | aristocratic |
aristocracy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nobility |
| Type of | elite, elite group |
| Has types | samurai, baronage, noblesse, peerage, knighthood, baronetage |
| Derivation | aristocratic |
Examples of aristocracy
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Before that it was a health resort for Austro-Hungarian royalty and aristocracy.
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Taking power from the people and placing it instead with a judicial aristocracy?
From the economist.com
The current aristocracy is that of the university educated middle class liberal.
From the guardian.co.uk
The aristocracy of the Qin were largely similar in their culture and daily life.
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Normally, this relationship requires the state to be an aristocracy or monarchy.
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By the early 18th century the horizons of the English aristocracy were widening.
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Something odd is happening in the rarefied world of the automotive aristocracy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Later she went to the exclusive Gakushuin school, for the Japanese aristocracy.
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Although this is far from being any kind of aristocracy, it's certainly not good.
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- Nobility: a privileged class holding hereditary titles
- Gentry: the most powerful members of a society
- (aristocratic) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; " ...
- Aristocracy (Greek u1F00u03C1u03B9u03C3u03C4u03BFu03BAu03C1u03B1u03C4u03AFu03B1 aristokratu00EDa, from u1F04u03C1u03B9u03C3u03C4u03BFu03C2 aristos "excellent," and u03BAu03C1u03ACu03C4u03BFu03C2 kratos "power") is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class. The term derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning "rule of the best".
- The aristocracy are people considered to be in the highest social class in a society which once had a political system of Aristocracy. ...
- (Aristocrats (TV series)) Aristocrats is a 1999 Television series, based on the biography by Stella Tillyard. The series consists of six episodes of 50 minutes each and was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC, starting on 22 June 1999. ...
- (The aristocrats) The Aristocrats (also known as The Debonaires or The Sophisticates in some tellings) is an exceptionally transgressive dirty joke that has been told by numerous stand-up comedians since the vaudeville era. ...
- (The Aristocrats (film)) The Aristocrats is a 2005 documentary film about the famous dirty joke of the same name. It was conceived and produced by comedians Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, edited by Emery Emery, and released to theaters by THINKFilm. ...
- The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class; Government by such a class, or a state with such a government; A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others
