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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
The Order used to be limited to the aristocracy, but members are now selected from a variety of backgrounds in celebration of their public service, with both men and women welcomed.
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Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
The pair founded the company together in 2015; the row is a family squabble within the new AI aristocracy.
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Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
College football has always been an aristocracy, and most fans like it that way.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Breyer is married to Joanna Freda Hare, a psychologist and member of the British aristocracy.
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Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for aristocracy
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
The pair founded the company together in 2015; the row is a family squabble within the new AI aristocracy.
—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
College football has always been an aristocracy, and most fans like it that way.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Breyer is married to Joanna Freda Hare, a psychologist and member of the British aristocracy.
—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for aristocracy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocracy
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Gustaf Lagerbielke, a 26-year-old center back, comes from a line of nobility, particularly Counts, in his home country.
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This piece of jewelry, worn by Princess Elisabeth, was a wedding gift from the Belgian nobility to Mathilde on the occasion of her wedding in 1999.
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For Eala, beating Rybakina and sharing the court with Williams reinforced her place among the game’s elite.
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The rise of the Roman empire across the Mediterranean widened the elite’s horizons for travel but narrowed their personal ambitions, and made romantic love a worthy subject for epic literature.
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Parker will play Mary Washington, George’s strong willed mother, while Rodgers will play Sally Cary, the charming beauty of the Virginia gentry who first sees his potential.
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Grammer will play Lord Fairfax, the unofficial leader of the Virginia gentry who has a complicated relationship to young George Washington as both his crucial mentor and as the father of his romantic rival.
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The longer races are brutally hard, but Kerstin loves helping other runners pursue their personal bests.
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The most productive game of his career came in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, with personal bests of 157 yards and two touchdowns on eight receptions.
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Steinbeck creates a microcosm of American society, where disability, gender, race and class are all represented and shaped by an economic hierarchy.
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The comments sorted themselves into camps, each revealing something interesting about how our society has come to think about motherhood, sacrifice and raising children.
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Prior to Voyager, Phillips was a successful theater actor born to Broadway royalty — his parents ran a popular steakhouse in the heart of New York’s theater district.
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As an artist, Swift may need to evaluate royalties, intellectual property rights, touring income and control over her music catalog.
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But his situation is actually fairly complicated, in part because of how the Hall of Fame elects candidates.
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Lyons had joined Fiserv that January as president and CEO-elect.
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Parsi priesthood is hereditary, meaning all the boys here have been born into priestly families.
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The ability to analyze, explain, forecast, and build no longer belongs exclusively to a technical priesthood.
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“Aristocracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocracy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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