American English pronunciation
How to pronounce oligarchy
IPA transcription: ['ɑlə,ɡɑɹki]
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Noun
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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”
Usage examples
- The Oligarchy will encourage such ambition and the consequent competition.
- Similarly, Aristocracy may degenerate into Oligarchy, and needs analogous checks.
- The Oligarchy will encourage such ambition and the consequent competition.
- The Oligarchy will encourage such ambition and the consequent competition.
- The Oligarchy wanted violence, and it set its agents provocateurs to work.