Oligarchic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to oligarchy.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy wordnet

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absolutearistocraticauthoritarianautocraticautonomousbureaucratic

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"The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich."

Etymology

From Late Latin oligarchicus, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχικός (oligarkhikós). By surface analysis, oligarch + -ic.

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