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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) A ruling class consisting of millionaires, or the very rich..
We have already seen that if the candidate belong to the aristocracy or to the millionocracy his election is a matter of course, since he will pay his fees and give no further trouble; […]
His confreres in the millionocracy laughed at such a slight and delicate distinction, and they were not wrong; but he, though he was not in the right, kept repeating his pet phrase, "I am a commercial man, and I do not want to get rich by robbery."
Use millionocracy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Millionocracy means (archaic) A ruling class consisting of millionaires, or the very rich..
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We have already seen that if the candidate belong to the aristocracy or to the millionocracy his election is a matter of course, since he will pay his fees and give no further trouble; […]
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