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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1. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

   The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy.

2. G. K. Chesterton:

   There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.

3. Richard Neal:

   The principle here is not to create a permanent aristocracy.

4. Tom Robbins:

   There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on intelligence, talent and virtue.

5. 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.