Dictionary

poshocracy en · NOUN

Etymology

From posh + -o- + -cracy.

Meanings

1. A social elite.
   • We used to watch the Poshocracy from our window as they walked about the court, met, waved gaily, exchanged suitably jolly greetings. 2013, Christopher Isherwood, Lions and Shadows, page 37:
   • What garnered contempt from the pair were the criteria upon which admission to the poshocracy depended, criteria founded on the cliquery of the English upper classes, a cliquery that, disseminated as 'team spirit' (14) in public schools and perpetuated by the most privileged and credulous of undergraduates, found its way full-circle in the mentality of the graduating elite. 2016, Benjamin Kohlmann, Edward Upward and Left-Wing Literary Culture in Britain, page 26:
   • Scientists are taken at their word, which has little to do with their character. A poshocracy exists in which scientists from smart universities and research centers can tell us anything and it is widely accepted as gospel. 1996, James R. Fisher, The Taboo Against Being Your Own Best Friend, page 166:
   • This, and perhaps a remark I made about the silly playfulness of the poshocracy, gave deep offence and led to the 'wrecking', as I called it, of my allotted rooms in the Old Court. 2003, M. E. Bury, E. J. Winter, Corpus Christi: Within Living Memory, page 26:
   • 'Too confoundedly poshocracy for my liking,' grunted Philip. 2006, The Wentworths: Alias 'un-named', page 256: