American English pronunciation

How to pronounce oligarchy

IPA transcription: ['ɑlə,ɡɑɹki]

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['ɑlə,ɡɑɹki]

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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”