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English
Etymology
From plutonomy + -ist.
Noun
plutonomist (plural plutonomists)
- An economist who studies plutonomy.
- A member of a plutonomy who owns a disproportionate amount of wealth.
- Synonym: (informal) pluto
2018, Oliver Bullough, quoting Ajay Kapur, chapter 17, in Moneyland, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 236: the ultra-rich plutonomists, they don't tend to be part of a specific geography, but tend to be very global, hanging out in plutonomy destinations with fellow plutonomists.
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