Aristocracy means nobility. is the class superior social. The term aristocracy comes from the Greek “aristokrateia”, which means “government of the best”.
Aristocracy is a form of social and political organization in which government is monopolized by a privileged class.
For Aristotle, the aristocracy was the government of a few, of the best citizens in the sense of having better moral and intellectual training to serve the interests of the people. The aristocracy would be an original constitution of the government, which could be transformed into an oligarchy, if the rulers served private interests. The aristocracy had its origins in the need for a new government that would fight tyranny, a form of government in which power was concentrated in one person. Like the oligarchy, tyranny was a perverse form of government, deviated from the original monarchy.
The term's negative connotation arose when aristocracy came to be compared to oligarchy. Political power was exercised by an elite, a small group of citizens chosen by the nobility, social prestige or privileges inherited from certain scientific, religious, artistic, etc. areas.
