Talk:Aristocracy (class)

False definition

The definition in the introduction of this article claims that the society considers the aristocracy its highest "order," presumably meaning 'socio-political class:'

• The aristocracy is a social class that a particular society considers its highest order.

This isn't accurate at all, as the society, meaning the common people, are typically at extreme odds with an artistocratic group, where the group is really meaning something like "hereditary class" or "ruling class." -Inowen (talk) 04:21, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Move from class to group

The reason for the move is the aristocracy is always very small and thus not a "class" per se, but a small group. -Inowen (nlfte) 22:28, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

@Inowen: None of the meanings of class in my New Oxford American Dictionary are defined by large quantity. Class is either: 1. "a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality"; 2. "the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status"; 3. "a group of students who are taught together" or an occasion of instruction or course of instruction or all students graduating from a school in a certain year. The first two meanings are relevant here, but neither are defined by large quantity. Why did you think that class is defined by large quantity? Biogeographist (talk) 02:43, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

The term "class" when applied to people, as in the idea of a "working class" or a "middle class" is typically not small. The aristocratic group on the other hand is typically very small, as it is not democratic and does'nt honor democratic process. -Inowen (nlfte) 04:25, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

How is democracy relevant here? Aristocracies generally came into existence in societies in which democratic governance had not yet been established 186.29.130.87 (talk) 01:09, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

History

Aristocrat 105.160.77.79 (talk) 08:04, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Philippines And Governance

what is aristocracy? 2001:4455:2AB:800:446B:4782:75B1:39A0 (talk) 13:51, 5 September 2022 (UTC)