oligarchic
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9.2
- adjective
- /ˌoʊlɪˈɡɑrkɪk/
:
oligárquico
- The report highlighted how certain policies promoted an oligarchic structure that benefits only a small elite in society.
- oligarchic style
- oligarchic rule
- oligarchic structure
So what you're talking about are some of the people who would form an oligarchic class in in, in Russia.
- So what you're talking about are some of the people who would form an oligarchic class in in, in Russia.
- The the neoliberals and the libertarians are on the far right wing oligarchic part of the spectrum.
Examples
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Doronila himself (1992: 86) writes that "the oligarchic concentration of wealth in land and in commerce was being replicated in industry."
Academic text (1993) -
Economist Edward Wolff of New York University states, "We're becoming an oligarchic society, with an extreme concentration of wealth."
Academic text (2002) -
The powers that be, we'll continue to move this country forward toward an oligarchic form of society.
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Any community that relies heavily on the charitable contributions of its members will be oligarchic in character.
Academic text (2011) -
A hard core of conservative opinion in the United States has favored the oligarchic solution.
Academic text (1991) -
Its founders, like Adam Smith, recognized the oligarchic tendency and denounced it.
Blog text (11) -
The oligarchic style significantly predicted academic qualification and scholarship as well as motivation and enthusiasm.
Academic text (2004) -
The persistence of an oligarchic political structure, combined with rapid capitalist development, sparked the revolutionary upheavals by the late 1970s.
Academic text (2000) -
Colombia has been characterized as a form of "oligarchic democracy" (Wilde 1978; Ogliastri 1990).
Academic text (1993) -
Many political analysts argue that the current government is leaning towards an oligarchic system where a few wealthy individuals hold significant power.
Synonyms
3
8.4
A society where very rich people hold most power
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9.1
A government or group controlled by a small number of powerful people who make most decisions
Antonyms
How Oligarchic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oligarchic comes from the Greek parts oligos meaning 'few' and archē meaning 'rule', the same arch you see in monarch which means 'single ruler'. So, something oligarchic is run or controlled by a small group of people.