elite overproduction
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In such cases, it may take the elites rather a long time to thin their ranks to the point where the problem of elite overproduction is abated and a new cycle can begin."
- "Just as overpopulation results in large segments of commoner population becoming immiserated, elite overproduction similarly results in large segments of elites becoming impoverished (not in absolute terms, as with common populace, but relatively to the standards of consumption needed to maintain the elite status)."
- "The conflicts that we hear among local elites and in provincial cities, especially from the late first century CE onward, could well have resulted from such a situation of elite overproduction."