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English noun: oligarchy

1. oligarchy (group) a political system governed by a few people


SamplesOne 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.


Broader (hypernym)form of government, political system









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