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ol·i·gar·chy
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Audio Help [ol-i-gahr-kee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -chies.
| 1. | a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few. |
| 2. | a state or organization so ruled. |
| 3. | the persons or class so ruling. |
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oligarchy
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| ol·i·gar·chy
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n. pl. ol·i·gar·chies
ol'i·gar'chic, ol'i·gar'chi·cal adj. |
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oligarchy
1577, from M.Fr. oligarchie (14c.), from Gk. oligarkhia "government by the few," from oligoi "few, small, little" (of unknown origin) + arkhein "to rule."
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| 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" |
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oligarchy [(ol-uh-gahr-kee, oh-luh-gahr-kee)]
A system of government in which power is held by a small group.
[Chapter:] World Politics
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Oligarchy
Ol`i*gar"chic\, Oligarchical \Ol`i*gar"chic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. oligarchique. See Oligarchy.] Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few. "Oligarchical exiles." --Jowett (Thucyd. ).| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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