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   Ol·i·gar·chy

   /ˈäləˌɡärkē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution: "the ruling oligarchy of military men around the president"
   • ▪ a country governed by an oligarchy: "the English aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th century"
   • ▪ government by an oligarchy.

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Greek oligarkhia, from oligoi ‘few’ and arkhein ‘to rule’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. oligarchic adjective
   • 2. oligarchical adjective
   • 3. oligarchically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 18

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