Aristocratic \Ar`is*to*crat"ic\, Aristocratical
\Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.]
1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or
favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an
aristocratic constitution.
[1913 Webster]
2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy;
characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy;
as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or
manners. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
aristocratic
adj : belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue
family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy";
"of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the
American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic
features"; "patrician tastes" [syn: aristocratical, blue,
blue-blooded, gentle, patrician]
WordNet (r) 2.0
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "aristocratic":
U, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, arrogant, august,
authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, autonomous, bossy,
bureaucratic, chivalrous, civic, civil, constitutional, courtly,
democratic, despotic, dictatorial, dignified, domineering, ducal,
elitist, exalted, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic,
feudal, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, governmental,
grand, grave, grinding, gubernatorial, heteronomous, high,
high and mighty, high-handed, hubristic, imperative, imperial,
imperious, imposing, kinglike, kingly, knightly, ladylike, lordly,
magisterial, magistral, majestic, masterful, matriarchal,
matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, noble,
of gentle blood, of rank, official, oligarchal, oligarchic,
oppressive, overbearing, overruling, parliamentarian,
parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, patrician, peremptory,
pluralistic, political, princelike, princely, queenlike, queenly,
quite the lady, regal, repressive, republican, royal, sedate,
self-governing, severe, sober, solemn, stately, statuesque, strict,
suppressive, theocratic, titled, totalitarian, tyrannical,
tyrannous, venerable, worthy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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