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Plutocracy vs Nom - What's the difference?

plutocracy | nom |

As nouns the difference between plutocracy and nom

is that plutocracy is government by the wealthy while nom is nomination.

As a verb nom is

to nominate.

As an interjection nom is

Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "om nom nom".

plutocracy

Alternative forms

* plousiocracy * ploutocracy

Noun

(plutocracies)
  • Government by the wealthy.
  • A controlling class of the wealthy.
  • Quotations

    * 1933 , Essay XXIII: ''On Industrialism *: Modernity is not democracy; machinery is not democracy; the surrender of everything to trade and commerce is not democracy. Capitalism is not democracy; and is admittedly, by trend and savour, rather against democracy. Plutocracy by definition is not democracy. But all these modern things forced themselves into the world at about the time, or shortly after the time, when great idealists like Rousseau and Jefferson happened to have been thinking about the democratic ideal of democracy.

    Synonyms

    * argentocracy (nonce word) * tycoonocracy (uncommon)

    nom

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from (nomination), (nominee), and so on.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Nomination.
  • * 2000 May 30, "Webmaster -- Kevin Stroud" (username), " Re: RBL nomination for 195.235.113.140 (mail.teleline.es) -- 5th supporting email, in news.admin.net-abuse.email, Usenet :
  • * 2001 July 17, "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), " problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet :
  • * 2010 February 13, "Juan F. Lara" (username), " 2/5-7 Weekend BoxOffice", in rec.arts.animation and rec.arts.disney.animation, Usenet :
  • Nominator.
  • Nominee.
  • Verb

  • to nominate
  • * 1998 , "blaque" (username), " A Teeny Favor (Was: Re: NOMINATION: Ms A.T. Rookie (fwd)", in alt.tasteless, Usenet :
  • * 2001 , "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), " problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet :
  • * 2007 , Variety staff, " Composer Prince dies" (obituary):
  • English clippings

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (label) Commonly used as "om nom nom".
  • [to a baby]

    Verb

    (nomm)
  • (label) to eat
  • Anagrams

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