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oligarchy
(encz) | oligarchy,oligarchie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Oligarchy
(gcide) | Oligarchy \Ol"i*gar"chy\, n.; pl. Oligarchies. [Gr. ?;
'oli`gos few, little + 'a`rchein to rule, govern: cf. F.
oligarchie.]
A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in
the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling
few.
[1913 Webster]
All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what
they list. --Burton.
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oligarchy
(wn) | oligarchy
n 1: 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
(gcide) | Oligarchy \Ol"i*gar"chy\, n.; pl. Oligarchies. [Gr. ?;
'oli`gos few, little + 'a`rchein to rule, govern: cf. F.
oligarchie.]
A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in
the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling
few.
[1913 Webster]
All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what
they list. --Burton.
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