aristocracy
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French aristocratie, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā, “the rule of the best“, that is, “the best-born”, “nobility”), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best, noblest”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”). By surface analysis, aristo- + -cracy.
- derived from ἀριστοκρατίᾱ
- derived from aristocratia
- borrowed from aristocratie
Definitions
The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
- That, then, which is called aristocracy in some countries and nobility in others arose out of the governments founded upon conquest.
Government by such a class, or a state with such a government.
A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others.
The neighborhood
- neighboraristocrat
- neighboraristocratic
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at aristocracy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at aristocracy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at aristocracy
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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