Oligarchy

Definitions

1. A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
   countable, uncountable
2. A state ruled by such a government.
   countable, uncountable
3. Those who make up an oligarchic government.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

44 more languages

العربيةأُولِيغَارْكِيحكم القلّة

Беларускаяалігархія

Българскиолигархия

Bosanskioligarhijaолигархија

Catalàoligarquia

Češtinaoligarchie

Danskoligarki

Ελληνικάολιγαρχία

Esperantooligarĥio

Eestioligarhia

Suomiharvainvaltaoligarkiavaltaeliitti

Gaeilgeolagarcacht

עבריתאוליגרכיה

हिन्दीअल्पतंत्र

Hrvatskioligarhijaолигархија

Magyaroligarchia

Հայերենօլիգարխիա

Bahasa Indonesiaoligarki

Íslenskafámennisstjórnfámennisveldifáveldi

Italianooligarchia

日本語寡頭寡頭制寡頭政治

ქართულიოლიგარქია

Қазақ тіліолигархия

한국어과두과두제

Kurdîolîgarşî

Latinaoligarchia

Lietuviųoligarchija

Latviešuoligarhija

Македонскиолигархија

Nederlandsoligarchie

Polskioligarchia

Portuguêsoligarquia

Românăoligarhie

Русскийолигархия

Slovenčinaoligarchia

Slovenščinaoligarhija

Shqipoligarki

Српскиoligarhijaолигархија

Svenskaoligarki

ไทยคณาธิปไตย

Tagalogoligarkiyauntipunuan

Türkçeoligarşi

Українськаолігархатолігархія

O'zbekchaoligarxiya

Examples

“Despite the involvement of all classes of society, America's political duopoly and the importance of money to mass-market campaigning has established an oligarchy that is seldom responsive to the citizenry as a whole, when opposed to the wealthy or major interest⟳ groups.”

“It's an oligarchy because these families own⟳ and run⟳ almost everything that makes money in El Salvador. Coffee gave birth to the oligarchy in the late 19th century, and economic growth has revolved around them ever since.”

“The Itasca Project is just one example of existing oligarchy, and a surprisingly open⟳ one at that.”

“Together, we will usher in a generation of change⟳. And if we embrace this brave new course, rather than fleeing from it, we can respond⟳ to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves.”

“The 1832 Reform⟳ Act aimed to transform⟳ the British oligarchy and allow⟳ Parliament to represent⟳ the interests of a broader range of the population.”

“The modern British oligarchy—particularly during periods of Tory rule⟳—has been called a chumocracy.”

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