oligarchic

Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Oligarchical

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Examples

We do not want dictators, we do not want oligarchic parties or class rule, we want a widespread world intelligence conscious of itself. H. G. Wells

An oligarchic republic, Ancona was ruled by six Elders, elected by the three terzieri into which the city was divided: S. Pietro, Porto and Capodimonte. Source: Internet

Hoping to restore the juntas of oligarchic partisans that he had put in place after the defeat of the Athenians in 404 BC, Lysander arranged for Agesilaus II, the Eurypontid Spartan king, to take command of the Greeks against Persia in 396 BC. Source: Internet

Empedocles continued this tradition by helping to overthrow the succeeding oligarchic government. Source: Internet

Meanwhile, the Republicans find themselves largely castigated in the press and by a torrent of oligarchic wealth at the Senate and local levels. Source: Internet

For the constitution they were under was oligarchic in every respect and especially in that the poor, along with their wives and children, were in slavery to the rich. Source: Internet

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