plutarchy

Etymology

From pluto- + -archy.

plutarchy means rule by the wealthy; plutocracy. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

PLUTARCHY — [Noun] A form of government where power is formally vested in and exercised by the wealthy. From the Greek ploutos ("wealth") and -arkhia ("rule"), modeled after terms like monarchy. Unlike the broad, often nebulous oligarchy—which denotes rule by any few—or its more common twin plutocracy, which carries the weight of modern economic critique, plutarchy is the stark, classical skeleton of the same idea: a cold principle of wealth as the rightful architect of order. It is the tax code that privileges inheritance, the legislation drafted in corporate suites, and the silent auction where public goods are sold to the highest bidder—the formal acknowledgment of a sovereignty found not in the people, but in the ledger.

noun

rule by the wealthy; plutocracy