oligarchy (n)

n08362455

type n
lex_filenum 14
def a political system governed by a few people
examples 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
Outgoing links
Hypernym political system, form of government
Derivationally related form oligarchy → oligarchic
Derivationally related form oligarchy → oligarchical
Incoming links
Derivationally related form oligarchical → oligarchy
Pertainym (pertains to noun) oligarchical → oligarchy
Derivationally related form oligarchic → oligarchy
Pertainym (pertains to noun) oligarchic → oligarchy
Hyponym political system, form of government

Back to the index

Click for the XML entry