A person who opposes aristocracy and the power of the noble upper class, typically believing in more equal society.
From anti- (against) + aristocrat (Greek aristos best + kratia rule, plus -at denoting a person). This term became common during democratic revolutions and reform movements.
Thomas Jefferson was an interesting antiaristocrat—he wrote about equality while still owning enslaved people, showing that opposing one form of privilege doesn't automatically mean opposing all injustice!
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