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英文 Aristocracy 一词来自古希腊文aristos（最优的）和 kratos（统治）两个词根。亚里斯多德在他的《政治学》中，提出六种政体，贵族制与寡头制相同，统治权由某个阶级中的少数人共有，但是贵族制是以公利为出发点，寡头制则是以统治阶级自身利益为出发。

Aristocracy 也可以用来指代贵族阶层或贵族社会。

相关条目

作为政府组织形式的一种，区别于：

少数制

金权政治

门阀政治（英语：Timocracy）（勋阀政体）

精英政治

另外参见：

制

精英主义

君主制

民主制

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