oligarchic
pronunciation
How to pronounce oligarchic in British English:
UK [ˌɒlɪ'gɑ:kɪk]
How to pronounce oligarchic in American English:
US [ˌɒlɪ'gɑkɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy
Word Origin
- oligarchic (adj.)
- 1640s, from Greek oligarkhikos, from oligarkhos, related to oligarkhia (see oligarchy). Related: Oligarchical.
Example
- 1. The great oligarchic fortunes are in oil and metals .
- 2. The fear is that indian capitalism is turning oligarchic .
- 3. The banking system is oligarchic and the political system has metastasized into state capitalism .
- 4. Today we have oligarchic economics and libertarian moral values - a bad combination .
- 5. She failed to institute effective land reform or to address the country 's fundamental structural ailment , the oligarchic control of power and politics .