oligarchical in English

adjective

['ɑlɪ'gɑrkɪkl /'ɒlɪ'gɑːk-]

of an oligarchy, of government by the few, pertaining to government by the elite

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1. In the western world the plebeian or popular element in each state successfully assailed the oligarchical monopoly; and a code was nearly universally obtained early in the history of the Commonwealth.