Question: I came across a word **plutocracy** 

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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English :

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> (a) [U] government by a rich and powerful class 
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> (b) [C] state governed in this way
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I am looking for its ***opposite word***. 

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I do not think **communism** or **democracy**, which have the following definitions, are good.

**communism** 

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> social and economic system in which there is no private ownership and
>  the means of production belong to all members of society
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**democracy**

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> system of government by the whole people of a country, esp through
>  representatives whom they elect
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Is there any **word or phrase** which is defined as: **government by a poor class** 
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Answer: 
You're looking for **ptochocracy**, which is a rare (and often derogatory) word with the following definition:

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> A government elected by or consisting of the poor; (in extended use) poor people considered as a class.  
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> [Oxford Dictionaries](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ptochocracy)
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You might consider finding a way to use the term **distributism**, which describes an economic system or situation (not a government) in which property is widespread... so everybody's a small-scale property owner instead of a few people being big owners (as in plutocracy) or no one having property (as in communism). In contrast to "ptochocracy", distributism has a small but real following, and some famous supporters such as Chesterton.