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as in nobility
the highest class in a society
at one time in China only the aristocracy could own land
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as in elite
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
membership in the society is reserved for the literary world's aristocracy
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Recent Examples of aristocracy
Cosmo Jarvis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike and Anthony Hopkins were earlier announced for the movie that sees Ritchie return to the colorful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
She was born into the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, the product of a narcissistic mother, who was a scion of the Guinness-brewing fortune, and an Etonian father, who was killed in wartime Burma, when Blackwood was thirteen.
—Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Representing the aristocracy are two young lovers forbidden from coupling by her father and another who seeks her hand, but is being avidly pursued by her best friend.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Before Brummell, the aristocracy dressed in rich, smelly materials; after, styles were adapted from military uniforms—think of the broad shoulders of a British pinstripe suit, for example.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
She was born into the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, the product of a narcissistic mother, who was a scion of the Guinness-brewing fortune, and an Etonian father, who was killed in wartime Burma, when Blackwood was thirteen.
—Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Representing the aristocracy are two young lovers forbidden from coupling by her father and another who seeks her hand, but is being avidly pursued by her best friend.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Before Brummell, the aristocracy dressed in rich, smelly materials; after, styles were adapted from military uniforms—think of the broad shoulders of a British pinstripe suit, for example.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocracy
Noun
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There is nobility in the climb, the challenge, the struggle.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Sermon on the Mount, with all its grandeur and divine nobility of heart, has proved futile in diminishing the lust and gratification of raw power.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
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The guest list read like a who’s-who of Houston’s cultural elite.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
17 Mar. 2025
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Chandler is 2-4 with the UFC, but outside his 2022 matchup against a fading Tony Ferguson, the 38-year-old has only faced the elite of the division.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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She as the most gentry eyes and a delightful personality.—
Trish Stinger,
Kansas City Star,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Whitehaven neighborhood had developed in the late 19th century and attracted as residents the Memphis gentry.—
Michael T. Bertrand,
The Conversation,
5 June 2024
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Historically, Rose, Whittaker and Willis all own career bests inside the NCAA top five performances of all-time.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The total for 2024 bests the previous high of $397 million reached in 2009, which was the first season in the new Yankee Stadium and is the last time the Bronx Bombers won the World Series.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Burns very explicitly articulates the sport as being foundational to our culture and reflective of our society’s ideals.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
17 Mar. 2025
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To live in any society at any time—whether a pre-industrial tribe or a highly urbanized cohort of knowledge workers—is to feel constrained by forces beyond one’s control and for alternatives to seem impossible.—
Alice Gregory,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The agreement includes potential developmental and sales milestone payments and royalties.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Mar. 2025
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Long before luxury travel events, a twentysomething McCarthy was Hollywood royalty, starring in popular ’80s movies like Pretty in Pink and Weekend at Bernie’s, kicking it with Demi Moore and hanging on posters in every 14-year-old girl’s bedroom.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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That fee in turn gets deducted from the purchase price should the customer elect to buy it instead of returning the item.—
Vicki M. Young,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2025
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Second lady elect Usha Vance opted for a pink tea-length Oscar de la Renta coat and taupe boots.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2025
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Walt’s contains an extended attack on the foreign policy community, painting a dark picture, across multiple chapters, of a priesthood gripped by various pathologies, leading the country astray.—
Jake Sullivan,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Dec. 2018
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The mainstream church teaches that only men are endowed with priesthood power.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
29 Sep. 2024
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“Aristocracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocracy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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