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Aristocracy, literally 'rule by the golden', refers to government by the best people. In Plato this meant rule by those trained in philosophy (ie: the best educated). Aristocracy is also used to refer to the titled land-owning class in agrarian societies. so an aristocratic government can also mean rule by a small noble and land-owning elite. While aristocracy is an example of oligarchy (government of the few), it is not necessarily the same as oligarchy. Oligarchy to the ancient Greeks, for example, was often interpreted as rule by the rich, and therefore not the same as rule by the 'best' or 'most fit to rule', which is implied by aristocracy.
Aristocratic government has also been used as a metaphor to describe government by other elites. For example, in the late nineteenth century it was common to criticise governments that were seen as dominated by banking elites or trusts as aristocratic.
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