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1. (n.) oligarchy
a form of government in which power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique.
2. oligarchy
a state or organization so ruled.
3. oligarchy
the persons or class so ruling.
Etymology: (1570–80; < ML oligarchia < Gk oligarchía. See olig -, -archy)
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1. (noun) oligarchy
a political system governed by a few people
"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"
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