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1) Form of government 2) French word used in English 3) Government by a few 4) Political system
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Oligarchy ({etymology|el|{{lang|grc|ὀλιγαρχία} (oligarkhía)}}; {etymology||ὀλίγος (olígos)|few||ἄρχω (arkho)|to rule or to command}) 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, education, corporate, religiou...
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government by the few
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• (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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the rule of the many by the few
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[OL-i-gar-kee] A system of government in which a small group of people have all the power.
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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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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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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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A small, elite group of usually wealthy people or families who control a government or organisation, and who are unwilling to share their power
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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 the ruling few. « All
oligarchies , w...
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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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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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A system of government in which virtually all power is held a small number of wealthy people who shape policy to benefit themselves.
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n] - a political system governed by a few people
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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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a form of government in which 'rule is by the few'; from the Greek word oligarchia.
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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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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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The rule of the many by the few.
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a political system governed by a few people
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[SAT terms] a political system governed by a few people
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