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Noun
/ˌariˈstäkrəsē/,
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aristocracies, plural;
  1. The highest class in certain societies, esp. those holding hereditary titles or offices
    • - the ancient Polish aristocracy had hereditary right to elect the king
  2. A form of government in which power is held by the nobility

  3. A state governed in this way

  4. A group regarded as privileged or superior in a particular sphere
    • - high-level technocrats make up a large part of this “technical aristocracy.”
  1. nobility: a privileged class holding hereditary titles
  2. gentry: the most powerful members of a society
  3. (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"; " ...
  4. Aristocracy (from Greek ἄριστος aristos "excellent," and κράτος kratos "power"), is a form of government in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. The term was derived from the Greek aristokratia, meaning "rule of the best". ...
  5. The aristocracy are people considered to be in the highest social class in a society which once had a political system of Aristocracy. ...
  6. (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. ...
  7. (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. ...
  8. (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. ...
  9. 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
  10. (aristocratic) the most important and rich people in a community
  11. (Aristocrats) Originally the more successful property-owning farmers. Their success allowed them more success while divisions between the wealthy and the poor grew. A class consciousness developed. ...
  12. (The Aristocrats) appears on page 987 of Gershon Legman's Rationale of the Dirty Joke, Vol. 2, published in 1975 ^[1]. Legman retells the joke, complete with its traditional vaudevillian flourishes, though he does not attribute the joke to vaudeville roots. ...
  13. A ruling system based on social class, wealth and noble birth
  14. Rule by "the best," usually a privileged class with special responsibilities for the public welfare. Plato, for example, defended as ideal a system of government in which carefully educated individuals were permitted to make wise decisions on behalf of the society as a whole. ...
  15. may be natural, hereditary, or elective. The first is found only among simple and primitive people; the second is the worst of all governments; the third, where the power is given to the wisest, to those who have more time for public affairs, is the best and the most natural of all governments ...
  16. A governing body of upper class citizens or the system of government in which aristocrats (upper class citizens) have controlling power. In an aristocracy people are generally born into distinct social classes and there is little or no upward mobility.
  17. man-made class who do not own any resources, but who claim the property of others through parasitic relationships.
  18. Political theory that advocates the rule of "the best" whom it identifies, generally, with a hereditary upper class.  Contrast: autocracy, democracy, oligarchy.
  19. people of noble families or the highest social class. Also, government of a country by a small group of people, especially hereditary nobility
  20. A privileged social class who own a large share of a society's wealth, prestige, educational attainment and political influence acquired mostly through gift or inheritance from a long line of privileged and cultivated ancestors. ...
  21. a type of Greek government in which only the top members of society exercise authority. The word translates power in the hands of the best.
  22. a country ruled by nobles class ( called also aristocrats).