Word-Built World: argentocracy

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argentocracy

PRONUNCIATION:

(ahr-juhn-TOK-ruh-see) 

MEANING:

noun:
1. Rule by the wealthy.
2. Undue influence of money.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin argentum (silver) + Greek -cracy (rule). Earliest documented use: 1868. Some synonyms are chrysocracy (literally, gold rule) and plutocracy.