Associations to the word «Oligarchy»

Wiktionary

OLIGARCHY, noun. A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.
OLIGARCHY, noun. Those who make up an oligarchic government.
OLIGARCHY, noun. A state ruled by such a government.

Dictionary definition

OLIGARCHY, noun. A political system governed by a few people; "one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy"; "the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen".

Wise words

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