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plutocracy

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

plutocracy is a form of government[1]. plutocracy ranks in the top 7% of form of government entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,666 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: form of state[3]
  • Subclass of: oligarchy[4], state system[5]
  • Commons category: Plutocracy[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Has characteristic: wealth[14]
  • Different from: plutonomy[15], Plutarch[16], kleptocracy[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]

Why It Matters

plutocracy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] plutocracy is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Plutarch

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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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. 26d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000145
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → plutocracy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: plutocracy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950510|plutocracy (#289950510)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 18w ago · Karmelki90 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Different from → plutonomy, Plutarch, kleptocracy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: kleptocracy"
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