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broligarch en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of bro + oligarch.

Meanings

1. (neologism) An extremely wealthy man who holds inordinate power or influence within a political structure, especially while espousing a range of views regarded as anti-democratic, technofascist, and masculinist.
   • President Trump listens to a lot of voices, and he will think it over, and then he’ll make a decision. And clearly, the tech broligarchs have, because of their ability to get in there, and I consider the Inauguration Day like they’re on display, like on the deck of the battleship Missouri. 2025 January 31, Ross Douthat, quoting Steve Bannon, “Steve Bannon on ‘Broligarchs’ vs. Populism”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2025:
   • And there is 'First Buddy' Elon Musk, one of the billionaire broligarchs who stand to benefit from his presidency. 2025 February 14, Richard Godwin, “What Is a dudebro?”, in The Oldie, number 448, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2025, page 12:
   • No one is denying that there would be an administrative burden to enforcing a regular tax on unrealized capital gains, as some assets would surely be challenging to value annually, but it wouldn’t be as hard as broligarchs and other pundits make it out to be. 2024 August 15, Emily McCloskey, “Broligarchs Are Wrong About Unrealized Gains”, in Patriotic Millionaires:
   • Thiel is not alone in his interest in a Trump victory: Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and more recently, Elon Musk are fellow MAGA broligarch bedfellows. 2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla:
   • Given his evident sympathy for broligarch visionaries like Andreessen, I can’t help wondering how a “successful” religion might align with the theology of a Vance or a Peter Thiel, two other disgruntled meritocrats who’ve fused Christianity with techno-capitalism. 2025 July/August, Eugene McCarraher, “Make Religion Great Again”, in Commonweal, volume 152, number 7, page 47:

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broligarchy · tech bro