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argentocracy

UK/ɑːd͡ʒənˈtɒkɹəsɪ/

argentocracy noun: plutocracy (especially with humorous reference to silver).

Noun

argentocracy (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word, rare) plutocracy (especially with humorous reference to silver)
    • […] the disease of argentocracy […]1868 May 23, Pall Mall Gazette, page 11
    • Argent the capitalist, Leeson implies, much more overtly than was possible for Stevenson, who lacked the benefit of hindsight which informs Leeson’s late–twentieth-century text, that capitalism is a form of piracy. Even Silver’s parrot, Flint, has undergone a transformation in Silver’s Revenge, now...1998, John Stephens, Robyn McCallum, Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children’s Literature, →ISBN, page 182

Origin of argentocracy

argent (“silver”) + -cracy

Words that rhyme with argentocracy

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Questions about argentocracy

What does argentocracy mean?
Argentocracy means plutocracy (especially with humorous reference to silver).
What part of speech is argentocracy?
Argentocracy is a noun.
How do you pronounce argentocracy?
Argentocracy is pronounced /ɑːd͡ʒənˈtɒkɹəsɪ/ (UK).

Words near argentocracy in the dictionary

  1. argentite
  2. argentites
  3. argento-
  4. argentobaumhauerite
  5. argentobismutite
  6. argentocracy
  7. argentojarosite
  8. argentometer
  9. argentometers
  10. argentometric
  11. argentometrically

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