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tycoonocracy

tycoonocracy noun: a rule by tycoons, a plutocracy.

Noun

tycoonocracy (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, rare) A rule by tycoons, a plutocracy.
    • “Hong Kong's economic elites simply do not need further advantages,” he said [Martin Lee of The Democratic Party of Hong Kong], adding that the change would help turn Hong Kong into a “tycoonocracy.”1997, Reuters News Service, “Party quits Hong Kong race”, Nov. 28 1997
    • He labels these unhealthy links between the government and unelected, quasi-hereditary business elite as “tycoonocracy”. Unfortunately, since the publication of this book in 2007, the phenomenon of “tycoonocracy” has become more conspicuous.2011, Joseph Y. S. Chenga, Journal of Comparative Asian Development, “Goodstadt, Leo F. (2007). Profits, politics and panics — Hong Kong's banks and the making of a miracle economy, 1935–1985. Hong...

Origin of tycoonocracy

From tycoon + -o- + -cracy.

Questions about tycoonocracy

What does tycoonocracy mean?
Tycoonocracy means a rule by tycoons, a plutocracy.
What part of speech is tycoonocracy?
Tycoonocracy is a noun.

Words near tycoonocracy in the dictionary

  1. tycoonate
  2. tycoonates
  3. tycoonery
  4. tycooness
  5. tycoonesses
  6. tycoonocracy
  7. tycoonocrat
  8. tycoonocrats
  9. tycoons
  10. tyddyn
  11. tyddyns

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