English Explanatory Dictionary

inheritocracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An economic situation in which individuals' prosperity is mainly dependent on inherited wealth rather than income from work or other sources.

Word forms

inheritocracy inheritocracies

Etymology

From inherit + -o- + -cracy.

Related words

inheritocrat
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on I Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary