aristocracy
noun
a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility.
aristocracies
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pluralof aristocracy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From this combination a meritocracy emerged, supplanting aristocracies in lands where feudalism had been weakened by progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
South could flourish despite the historical baggage of the American Revolution’s break from the Old World and its attendant monarchies and aristocracies.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
Representative government likely has deeper roots than monarchies or aristocracies.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Their many societies had developed rigid social and economic class structures in which wealth and power were concentrated among monarchies, aristocracies, and the Catholic Church.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
