💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ruling class"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| aristocracynoun | The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class. |
| new classnoun | (derogatory) The privileged ruling class of bureaucrats and Communist Party functionaries that arose in states that followed the Soviet style of communism. |
| political systemnoun | A complete set of institutions, political organizations, interest groups (such as political parties, trade unions, lobby groups), the relationships between those institutions and the political norms and rules that govern their functions (constitution, election law). |
| intelligentsianoun | (politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine. |
| professional classnoun | (in the plural) The groups in society composed of highly educated professionals. |
| middle classnoun | A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class. |
| elitariannoun | One who believes that a society or community should be ruled by an elite. |
| aristocraticismnoun | Alternative form of aristocratism. [(politics) The principles of aristocrats.] |
| aristocratismnoun | Aristocrats collectively. |
| plutocracynoun | Government by the wealthy. |
| dictatorship of the bourgeoisienoun | (Marxism) A socio-political power, as opposed to the dictatorship of the proletariat, wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence over politics and the masses. |
| class warfarenoun | (sometimes derogatory) Conflict between sociopolitical classes. |
| aristarchynoun | Government by the best rulers. |
| form of governmentnoun | (political science) The system by which a state or community is controlled, as for decision-making or choice of rulers. |
| bourgeoisienoun | (Marxism) The capitalist class. |
| acracynoun | (politics, philosophy) In political philosophy, the negation of rule by "regency", or hierarchical "government". The absence of a "ruling class". A society with the absence of imposition or coercion; one of voluntary order. |
| elitocracynoun | Rule by an elite. |
| androcracynoun | (government, sociology) Government or rule by men. |
| slaveocracynoun | Alternative form of slavocracy. [(US, chiefly historical) The persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.] |
| bourgeoisnoun | (usually derogatory) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes. |
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