plutocracy

society or system ruled and dominated by the small minority of the top wealthiest citizens
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plutocracy

Summary

plutocracy is a form of government[1]. plutocracy ranks in the top 7% of form_of_government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,900 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • plutocracy's instance of is recorded as form of government[3].
  • plutocracy's instance of is recorded as form of state[4].
  • plutocracy is a type of oligarchy[5].
  • plutocracy is a type of state system[6].
  • plutocracy's Commons category is recorded as Plutocracy[7].
  • plutocracy's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[8].
  • plutocracy's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • plutocracy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • plutocracy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • plutocracy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • plutocracy's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[13].
  • plutocracy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • plutocracy's has characteristic is recorded as wealth[15].
  • plutocracy's different from is recorded as plutonomy[16].
  • plutocracy's different from is recorded as Plutarch[17].
  • plutocracy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include form of government[3] and form of state[4]. Recorded subclass of include oligarchy[5] and state system[6].

Why It Matters

plutocracy ranks in the top 7% of form_of_government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,900 views/month).[2] plutocracy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] plutocracy is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Karmelki90 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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