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aristocracy (n.)
1.the most powerful members of a society
2.a privileged class holding hereditary titles
Merriam Webster
AristocracyAr`is*toc"ra*cy (�), n.; pl. Aristocracies (�). [Gr. �; � best + � to be strong, to rule, � strength; � is perh. from the same root as E. arm, and orig. meant fitting: cf. F. aristocratie. See Arm, and Create, which is related to Gr. �.]
1. Government by the best citizens.
2. A ruling body composed of the best citizens. [Obs.]
In the Senate
Right not our quest in this, I will protest them
To all the world, no aristocracy. B. Jonson.
3. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. Swift.
4. The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
synonyms
aristocracy (n.)
elite, gentility, gentry, high society, landed gentry, nobility, noblesse, patricians, ruling class, society, peerage (British)
see also
aristocracy (n.)
↘ aristocrat, aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue blood, blue-blooded, coroneted, gentle, highborn, nobiliary, noble, of noble birth, patrician, titled
phrases
Anti-aristocracy • Aristocracy (class) • Bunyip aristocracy • Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy • Labor aristocracy • Landed aristocracy • Nobile (aristocracy) • The Resurrection of Aristocracy
analogical dictionary
classe sociale élevée (fr)[Classe]
regime; polity; system of government; political system; form of government; régime[Classe]
(aristocracy; peerage; nobility), (person of noble birth; peer; Lord; noble; nobleman)[Thème]
aristocracy; peerage; nobility[Classe]
mode de gouvernement fondé sur quelques personnes (fr)[Classe]
aristocracy (n.)
classe sociale élevée (fr)[Classe]
personne de haute situation (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
membre d'une classe sociale donnée (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
organisme, institution visant à une organisation (fr)[Classe]
class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum; rank[Classe]
(aristocracy; peerage; nobility), (person of noble birth; peer; Lord; noble; nobleman)[Thème]
(genealogical tree; genealogy; family tree)[Thème]
French Revolution - ancien regime[Thème]
aristocracy; peerage; nobility[ClasseHyper.]
person of noble birth; peer; Lord; noble; nobleman[ClasseEnsembleDe]
ensemble de familles se référant à un ancêtre (fr)[Classe]
order; sect; religious sect; religious order[ClasseParExt.]
aristocracy (n.)
classe sociale élevée (fr)[Classe]
elite; elite group; élite[Classe]
qui appartient à la noblesse (fr)[Classe]
(aristocracy; peerage; nobility), (person of noble birth; peer; Lord; noble; nobleman)[Thème]
sociology[Domaine]
Group[Domaine]
qualificatif d'un mode de gouvernement (fr)[DomaineDescription]
factotum[Domaine]
SocialRole[Domaine]
class, rank, social class, socio-economic class, stratum[Hyper.]
aristocracy[Rel.App.]
noble[Similaire]
beau monde, upper class, upper crust[Hyper.]
aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician[Dérivé]
aristocracy (n.)
elite; elite group; élite[ClasseHyper.]
qui appartient à la noblesse (fr)[Classe]
qualificatif d'un mode de gouvernement (fr)[DomaineDescription]
factotum[Domaine]
SocialRole[Domaine]
beau monde, upper class, upper crust - elitism[Hyper.]
elect, elite - aristocracy, nobility - nobility, noblesse[Dérivé]
aristocracy[Rel.App.]
noble[Similaire]
lowborn[Ant.]
elite, elite group[Hyper.]
noble - aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician[Dérivé]
aristocracy (n.)
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Aristocracy
For the social class, see Aristocracy (class).
For other uses, see Aristocrat (disambiguation).
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Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία aristokratía, from ἄριστος aristos "excellent," and κράτος kratos "power"), is a form of government in which a few elite citizens rule.[1] The term derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning "rule of the best".[2] In origin in Ancient Greece, it was conceived of as rule by the best qualified citizens, and contrasted with monarchy. In later times, aristocracy was usually seen as rule by a privileged group (the aristocratic class), and contrasted with democracy.[1]
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Concept
The concept evolved in Ancient Greece, whereby a council of famous citizens was commonly used and contrasted with "direct monarchy" in which an individual king held the power. The Greeks did not like the concept of monarchy, and as their democratic system fell, aristocracy was upheld.[1]
In Rome, the Republic consisted of an aristocracy as well as consuls, a senate, and a tribal assembly. Later, aristocracies primarily consisted of an elite aristocratic class, privileged by birth and often by wealth. Since the French Revolution, aristocracy has generally been contrasted with democracy, in which all citizens hold some form of political power. However this distinction is often oversimplified.
In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes describes an aristocracy as a commonwealth in which the representative of the citizens is an assembly by part. Simply put, a government when only a certain part of the general public can represent the public.
Modern depictions of aristocracy regard it not as a legitimate aristocracy (rule by the best) but rather as a plutocracy (rule by the wealthy).
Advocates of aristocracy
- John Calvin
- G. K. Chesterton
- Julius Evola
- Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
- Heraclitus
- D. H. Lawrence
- Joseph de Maistre
- Charles Maurras
- John Maynard Keynes[citation needed]
- Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- José Ortega y Gasset
- Plato
- Oswald Spengler
- Alexis de Tocqueville
- Theodor Herzl
- Charles Baudelaire
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Notes
- ^ a b c "Aristocracy". Oxford English Dictionary. December 1989. http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50011987?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=aristocracy&first=1&max_to_show=10. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
- ^ The Oxford Companion to British History, John Cannon (Editor), Oxford University Press, 1962, ISBN 978-0-19-866176-4
References
- History, John Cannon (Editor), Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-19-866176-4
