oligarchy|oligarchies in English

noun

['ol·i·garch·y || 'ɑlɪgɑrkɪ /'ɒlɪgɑːk]

government by a small elite group; people or class selected to rule in an oligarchical government

Use "oligarchy|oligarchies" in a sentence

1. Aristocracy is different from oligarchy

2. Eventually oligarchy took over from democracy.

3. 17 Eventually oligarchy took over from democracy.

4. Aristocracy, oligarchy, and plutocracy are sometimes confused

5. And he has often fallen foul of the Argentinian oligarchy.

6. The country is ruled by an oligarchy called the'fifteen families '.

7. The corrupt types include tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy.

8. But the landed oligarchy had stunted the country's democratic development for generations.

9. All past oligarchies have fallen from power either because they ossified or because they grew soft.

10. The financial oligarchy is the real ruler of capitalist monopolies.

11. The result could be a China that falls into a stagnant oligarchy like that of Russia.

12. The big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen.

13. How far did the Meiji constitution confirm the powers of the Meiji oligarchy?

14. Insecure and fearful of its own people, the oligarchy preserves itself through tyranny.

15. But plenty of thoughtful people ( many of them in the Lords ) are holding out for oligarchy.

16. What is the difference between democracy and oligarchy? What are the different types of each?

17. It was rather a kind of oligarchy, with a strong hereditary element in its composition.

18. Whenever oligarchy took over from democracy, pay for office was one of the first things to be abolished.

19. While Acknowledging the realities of political pressure, however, the oligarchy was determined to keep control

20. In Britain the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen.

21. However, because of the opposition of a still-powerful landed oligarchy, the effects of the legislation were diluted.

22. The struggle is probably better understood as one between a dominant oligarchy and those whom they excluded from power.

23. But the municipal oligarchy was too weak to pursue its course for long, and eventually came to terms with the state.

24. On paper, we're a one-person-one-vote nation; in reality, we're more than a bit of an oligarchy, in which a handful of wealthy people dominate.

25. I thought the US system is slowly drifting from a gov't regulated capitalism to wealthy elites regulated government, or a oligarchy, as they call it.