aristocracy

form of government in which power is in the hands of a small, privileged, ruling class
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aristocracy
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aristocracy

Summary

aristocracy is a form of government[1]. aristocracy draws 2,043 Wikipedia views per month (form_of_government category, ranking #25 of 143).[2]

Key Facts

  • aristocracy's instance of is recorded as form of government[3].
  • aristocracy's instance of is recorded as form of state[4].
  • aristocracy's instance of is recorded as social class[5].
  • aristocracy is a type of oligarchy[6].
  • aristocracy is a type of state system[7].
  • aristocracy is part of Plato's five regimes[8].
  • aristocracy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aristocracy[9].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[10].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[11].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[16].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[17].
  • aristocracy's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Zwölfter Band[18].
  • aristocracy's partially coincident with is recorded as nobility[19].
  • aristocracy's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'ἀριστοκρατίᾱ'}[20].
  • aristocracy's practiced by is recorded as aristocrat[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include form of government[3], form of state[4], and social class[5]. Recorded subclass of include oligarchy[6] and state system[7].

Use and Application

aristocracy is part of Plato's five regimes[8].

Influence

Things named for aristocracy include aristocrat[22], a social class[23].

Why It Matters

aristocracy draws 2,043 Wikipedia views per month (form_of_government category, ranking #25 of 143).[2] aristocracy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] aristocracy is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for aristocracy include aristocrat[22], a social class[23].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Library of Congress Authorities. id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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