oligarchic
adjective
ol·i·gar·chic
ˌä-lə-ˈgär-kik 
ˌō-
variants
or oligarchical
: of, relating to, or based on an oligarchy
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In El Salvador in the 1960s, Todd writes, peasants and workers joined with progressive Catholics and intellectuals to push against the country’s oligarchic rulers, known as the fourteen families.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 Feb. 2025
This is a new kind of oligarchic threat that will need to be taken seriously in its own right.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
Vance will manage the final transition to an oligarchic form of government.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
In the United States, democracy faces a weaker but dual pressure: Trump’s populism and Musk’s oligarchic influence.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 Feb. 2025
This is a new kind of oligarchic threat that will need to be taken seriously in its own right.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
Vance will manage the final transition to an oligarchic form of government.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
In the United States, democracy faces a weaker but dual pressure: Trump’s populism and Musk’s oligarchic influence.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oligarchic
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“Oligarchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oligarchic. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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