oligarchy

---

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːki/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɑːlɪˌɡɑɹki/, /ˈoʊlɪˌɡɑɹki/

Noun

oligarchy (plural oligarchies)

1. A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.
   • 2016 January 17, "Wealthy cabals run America ↗," Al Jazeera America (retrieved 18 January 2016):

     The Itasca Project is just one example of existing oligarchy, and a surprisingly open one at that.

2. Those who make up an oligarchic government.
3. A state ruled by such a government.

Related terms

• oligarch
• oligarchic
• oligarchical

Translations

• French: oligarchie
• German: Oligarchie
• Italian: oligarchia
• Portuguese: oligarquia
• Russian: олига́рхия
• Spanish: oligarquía

Translations

• French: oligarchie
• Portuguese: oligarquia
• Russian: олига́рхия
• Spanish: oligarquía

Translations

• French: oligarchie
• German: Oligarchie
• Italian: oligarchia
• Portuguese: oligarquia
• Russian: олига́рхия
• Spanish: oligarquía

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003