Associations to the word «Oligarchy»
Noun
- Aristocracy
- Tyranny
- Meiji
- Democracy
- Monarchy
- Sparta
- Sulla
- Dictatorship
- Athenian
- Tyrant
- Polity
- Thebes
- Elite
- Aristocrat
- Carthage
- Degenerate
- Aristotle
- Spartan
- Vargas
- Gaius
- Governed
- Capitalist
- Overthrow
- Athens
- Populist
- Plato
- Landowner
- Hegemony
- Anarchy
- Burgher
- Burgess
- Rana
- Socrates
- Junta
- Clique
- Corinth
- Bourgeois
- Bureaucracy
- Magistrate
- Marius
- Imperialism
- Revolt
- Planter
- Hannibal
- Capitalism
- Moderate
- Venice
- Domination
- Few
- Constitution
- Liberalism
- Magnate
- Mercenary
- Bribery
- Cicero
- Leaning
- Suffrage
- Wealth
- Winters
- Corruption
- Piracy
- Industrial
- Coup
- Caste
- Guatemala
- Dictator
- Masse
- Ultra
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
OLIGARCHY, noun. A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.
OLIGARCHY, noun. Those who make up an oligarchic government.
OLIGARCHY, noun. A state ruled by such a government.
Dictionary definition
OLIGARCHY, noun. 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".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.