The plural form referring to multiple instances or movements opposing aristocracy, or systems opposed to rule by a noble upper class.
From anti- (against) + aristocracies (plural of aristocracy, from Greek aristos best + kratia rule). This term emerged during democratic revolutions when societies worked to dismantle privileged noble classes.
The French and American Revolutions were fundamentally antiaristocracies movements—entire nations rebelled against the idea that birth and nobility should determine your power and rights!
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