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inheritocracies

inheritocracies is the plural of inheritocracy.

Meaning of inheritocracy

Noun

inheritocracy (countable and uncountable, plural inheritocracies)

  1. An economic situation in which individuals' prosperity is mainly dependent on inherited wealth rather than income from work or other sources.
    • Several million people became shareholders for the first time, by subscribing to privatisation issues.
      Another million or two became homeowners, having bought their council houses at bargain prices. new inheritocracy1999 January 5, Martin Van Der Weyer, “The merits of the new inheritocracy”, in Daily Mail, page 11

Questions about inheritocracies

What is inheritocracies the plural of?
Inheritocracies is the plural of inheritocracy.

Words near inheritocracies in the dictionary

  1. inheritees
  2. inheritence
  3. inheriter
  4. inheriters
  5. inheriting
  6. inheritocracies
  7. inheritocracy
  8. inheritocrat
  9. inheritocratic
  10. inheritocrats
  11. inheritor

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