Look up: oligarchy

1. Oligarchy
   a form of government in which 'rule is by the few'; from the Greek word oligarchia.
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2. oligarchy
   [OL-i-gar-kee] A system of government in which a small group of people have all the power.
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3. oligarchy
   [n] - a political system governed by a few people
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4. Oligarchy
   the rule of the many by the few
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5. oligarchy
   Rule of the few, in their own interests. It was first identified as a form of government by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In modern times there have been a number of oligarchies, sometimes posing...
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6. Oligarchy
   Ol'i·gar'chy noun ; plural Oligarchies . [ Greek ...; ... few, little + ... to rule, govern: confer French oligarchie .] A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form th...
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7. 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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8. Oligarchy
   • (n.) 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.
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9. oligarchy
   government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.[14 related articles]
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10. oligarchy
    oligarchy Government by the few; a form of government in which the power is confined to a few persons or families; also, the body of persons composing such a government.
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11. oligarchy
    A form of government in which a minority rules outside the law. ombudsman. An official with the power to investigate complaints against government administration.
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12. oligarchy
    oligarchy (ol'ugärkē) [Gr.,=rule by the few], rule by a few members of a community or group. When referring to governments, the classical definition of oligarchy, as given for example by Aristotle, is of government by a few, usually the rich, for their own advantage. It is compared wi...
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13. Oligarchy
    This name is given to designate the power which a few citizens of a state have usurped, which ought by the constitution to reside in the people. Among the Romans the government degenerated several times into an oligarchy; for example, under the decemvirs when they became the only magistrates in the commonwealth.
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14. Oligarchy
    Oligarchy is government by a limited number of persons, as distinct from democracy (government by all classes) and monarchy (government by one person).
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15. oligarchy
    Rule of the few, in their own interests. It was first identified as a form of government by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In modern times there have been a number of oligarchies, sometimes posing as democracies; the paramilitary rule of the Duvalier family in Haiti, 1957–86, is an example
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16. Oligarchy
    `Oligarchy` (from ὀλιγαρχία-->, oligarkhía) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people could be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, corporate, or military control. The word oligarchy is...
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