Synonyms for aristocracy
ˌær əˈstɒk rə siaris·toc·ra·cy

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1. nobility, aristocracynoun

   a privileged class holding hereditary titles

   Synonyms:
   nobleness, gentry, grandeur, nobility, noblesse, magnanimousness

2. gentry, aristocracynoun

   the most powerful members of a society

   Synonyms:
   nobility, gentry

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1. • Elite

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1. aristocracynoun

   Synonyms:
   government of nobles or a privileged order

2. aristocracynoun

   Synonyms:
   nobility, noblesse, gentry, peerage, body of nobles, the quality, persons of rank

3. aristocracynoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] upper classes, UPPER-TEN, UPPER-CRUST, upper ten thousand

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1. aristocracynoun

   Synonyms:
   peerage, patriciate, nobility, patrician order

   Antonyms:
   commonalty, yeomanry, proletariate, bourgeoisie, peasantry, rabble

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1. List of paraphrases for "aristocracy":

   nobility

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How to use aristocracy in a sentence?

1. Anthony Carnevale:

   From an equity perspective, this is just the tip of the iceberg, this system is, in many respects, an aristocracy posing as a meritocracy.

2. The Rev. William Barber:

   Bernice King actually said that the systems of segregation and voter suppression were stratagems... that were used by the Southern aristocracy to keep the masses of poor Negro voters and White voters from coming together and forming a political power base that could shift the economic architecture of the country, too often today, our leaders are not talking like that.

3. Gilbert Keith Chesterton:

   Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

4. Richard Neal:

   The principle here is not to create a permanent aristocracy.

5. G. C. Lichtenberg:

   Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law. All the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.