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oligarchy
noun
A political system governed by a few people
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ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːki
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noun
A political system governed by a few people
“One of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy”
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One of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy
The big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen
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