Meaning of Aristocracy | Babel Free
ˌæɹ.ɪˈstɒk.ɹə.siDefinitions
- The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
- Government by such a class, or a state with such a government.
- A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others.
Equivalents
Български
аристокрация
Català
aristocràcia
Čeština
aristokracie
Deutsch
Aristokratie
Ελληνικά
αριστοκρατία
Español
aristocracia
Euskara
aristokrazia
Français
aristocratie
Gàidhlig
comh-fhlaitheachd
Galego
aristocracia
עברית
אצולה
Magyar
arisztokrácia
Հայերեն
արիստոկրատիա
Italiano
aristocrazia
ქართული
არისტოკრატია
Қазақша
ақсүйектік
Lietuvių
aristokratija
Latviešu
aristokrātija
Македонски
аристократија
Polski
arystokracja
Português
aristocracia
Română
aristocrație
Slovenčina
aristokracia
Slovenščina
aristokracija
Shqip
aristokraci
Türkçe
aristokrasi
Українська
аристократія
Examples
“But when Nietzsche has the incredible lack of humour and lack of imagination to ask us to believe that his aristocracy is an aristocracy of strong muscles or an aristocracy of strong wills, it is necessary to point out the truth. It is an aristocracy of weak nerves.”
“That, then, which is called aristocracy in some countries and nobility in others arose out of the governments founded upon conquest.”
“How many false principles have been laid down, how much delusion supported, by reference to the glories of Athens and of Rome! It remained for a later time to observe that those so-called republics were but aristocracy in its most oppressive form; and what are now the people were then positive slaves;...”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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