Put plainly, we are steering a steady course toward economic oligarchy, if we are not there already.
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Oligarchy
//ˈɑːlɪˌɡɑɹki//
Synonyms for "oligarchy" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
Related word relations
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5 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 59 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- oligargie noun (government by only a few)
- oligargie noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligargie noun (state ruled by such a government)
Albanian
1 entries- oligarki noun (government by only a few)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀλιγαρχία noun (government by only a few)
Arabic
1 entries- أُولِيغَارْكِي noun (government by only a few)
Armenian
3 entries- օլիգարխիա noun (government by only a few)
- օլիգարխիա noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- օլիգարխիա noun (state ruled by such a government)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- oliqarxiya noun (government by only a few)
Belarusian
2 entries- аліга́рхія noun (government by only a few)
- аліга́рхія noun (state ruled by such a government)
Bulgarian
2 entries- олигархия noun (government by only a few)
- олигархия noun (state ruled by such a government)
Catalan
3 entries- oligarquia noun (government by only a few)
- oligarquia noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarquia noun (state ruled by such a government)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 寡頭 /寡头 noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- 寡頭政治 /寡头政治 noun (government by only a few)
Czech
2 entries- oligarchie noun (government by only a few)
- oligarchie noun (state ruled by such a government)
Danish
3 entries- fåmandsvælde noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (state ruled by such a government)
Dutch
3 entries- oligarchie noun (government by only a few)
- oligarchie noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarchie noun (state ruled by such a government)
Esperanto
3 entries- oligarĥio noun (government by only a few)
- oligarĥio noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarĥio noun (state ruled by such a government)
Estonian
2 entries- oligarhia noun (government by only a few)
- oligarhia noun (state ruled by such a government)
Faroese
1 entries- fámannaveldi noun (government by only a few)
Finnish
4 entries- harvainvalta noun (government by only a few)
- harvainvalta noun (state ruled by such a government)
- oligarkia noun (government by only a few)
- oligarkia noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
French
3 entries- oligarchie noun (government by only a few)
- oligarchie noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarchie noun (state ruled by such a government)
Galician
1 entries- oligarquía noun (government by only a few)
Georgian
4 entries- ოლიგარქები noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- ოლიგარქია noun (government by only a few)
- ოლიგარქია noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- ოლიგარქია noun (state ruled by such a government)
German
2 entries- Oligarchie noun (government by only a few)
- Oligarchie noun (state ruled by such a government)
Greek
2 entries- ολιγαρχία noun (government by only a few)
- ολιγαρχία noun (state ruled by such a government)
Hebrew
2 entries- אוֹלִיגַרְכְיָה noun (government by only a few)
- אוֹלִיגַרְכְיָה noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
Hindi
3 entries- अल्पजनाधिपत्य noun (government by only a few)
- अल्पतंत्र noun (government by only a few)
- ओलिगार्की noun (government by only a few)
Hungarian
3 entries- kiskirályság noun (state ruled by such a government)
- oligarchia noun (government by only a few)
- oligarchia noun (state ruled by such a government)
Icelandic
3 entries- fámennisstjórn noun (government by only a few)
- fámennisveldi noun (government by only a few)
- fáveldi noun (government by only a few)
Ido
3 entries- oligarkio noun (government by only a few)
- oligarkio noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarkio noun (state ruled by such a government)
Indonesian
3 entries- oligarki noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarki noun (state ruled by such a government)
Irish
3 entries- olagarcacht noun (government by only a few)
- olagarcacht noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- olagarcacht noun (state ruled by such a government)
Italian
2 entries- oligarchia noun (government by only a few)
- oligarchia noun (state ruled by such a government)
Japanese
3 entries- 寡頭 noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- 寡頭制 noun (government by only a few)
- 寡頭政治 noun (government by only a few)
Kazakh
1 entries- олигархия noun (government by only a few)
Korean
2 entries- 과두 noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- 과두제 noun (government by only a few)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- олигархия noun (government by only a few)
Latin
1 entries- oligarchia noun (government by only a few)
Latvian
2 entries- oligarhija noun (government by only a few)
- oligarhija noun (state ruled by such a government)
Lithuanian
2 entries- oligarchija noun (government by only a few)
- oligarchija noun (state ruled by such a government)
Macedonian
2 entries- олигархија noun (government by only a few)
- олигархија noun (state ruled by such a government)
Māori
1 entries- mana tokoiti noun (government by only a few)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- fåmannsvelde noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (state ruled by such a government)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- fåmannsvelde noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (state ruled by such a government)
Persian
2 entries- الیگارشی noun (government by only a few)
- جرگهسالاران noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
Polish
2 entries- oligarchia noun (government by only a few)
- oligarchia noun (state ruled by such a government)
Portuguese
3 entries- oligarquia noun (government by only a few)
- oligarquia noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarquia noun (state ruled by such a government)
Romanian
2 entries- oligarhie noun (government by only a few)
- oligarhie noun (state ruled by such a government)
Russian
3 entries- олига́рхия noun (government by only a few)
- олига́рхия noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- олига́рхия noun (state ruled by such a government)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- oligàrhija noun (government by only a few)
- oligàrhija noun (state ruled by such a government)
- олига̀рхија noun (government by only a few)
- олига̀рхија noun (state ruled by such a government)
Slovak
2 entries- oligarchia noun (government by only a few)
- oligarchia noun (state ruled by such a government)
Slovene
2 entries- oligarhija noun (government by only a few)
- oligarhija noun (state ruled by such a government)
Spanish
3 entries- oligarquía noun (government by only a few)
- oligarquía noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarquía noun (state ruled by such a government)
Swedish
3 entries- fåmannavälde noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (government by only a few)
- oligarki noun (state ruled by such a government)
Tagalog
4 entries- oligarkiya noun (government by only a few)
- untipunuan noun (government by only a few)
- untipunuan noun (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- untipunuan noun (state ruled by such a government)
Tajik
1 entries- олигархия noun (government by only a few)
Thai
1 entries- คณาธิปไตย noun (government by only a few)
Turkish
1 entries- oligarşi noun (government by only a few)
Turkmen
1 entries- oligarhiýa noun (government by only a few)
Ukrainian
2 entries- олігархі́я noun (government by only a few)
- олігархі́я noun (state ruled by such a government)
Uzbek
1 entries- oligarxiya noun (government by only a few)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָליגאַרכיע noun (government by only a few)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It's an oligarchy.
Source: tatoeba (5951594)
The stench of censorship will spell the end of the oligarchy.
Source: tatoeba (6581509)
No one is actually experiencing reality thanks to the oligarchy of billionaires.
Source: tatoeba (6597355)
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