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ptochocracies

ptochocracies is the plural of ptochocracy.

Meaning of ptochocracy

Noun

ptochocracy (plural ptochocracies)

  1. A society or system ruled and dominated by the poor.
    • Here we see ... two persons, the lord of the pitiful town of Newton, in the isle of Wight, and him of Old Sarum, Wiltshire, where there is not a house, send in as many members as the inestimable wealth of the city of London, in which the livery, who are the legal electors are 8,000; and the persons...1774, James Burgh, Political Disquisition
    Antonyms:
    plutocracy

Questions about ptochocracies

What is ptochocracies the plural of?
Ptochocracies is the plural of ptochocracy.

Words near ptochocracies in the dictionary

  1. PTLVs
  2. PTM
  3. PTMI
  4. PTMS
  5. PTO
  6. ptochocracies
  7. ptochocracy
  8. ptochologist
  9. ptochologists
  10. ptochology
  11. PTOL

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