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ˈɒl ɪˌgɑr kioli·garchy

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  1. oligarchynoun

    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"; "the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen"

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  1. thearchy

    they mean the same thing pretty much.

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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  1. List of paraphrases for "oligarchy":

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  1. Jimmy Carter:

    Now it's just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery.

  2. Bernie Sanders:

    It will tell people what I have been saying for a long time, is that this country is moving away from democracy to oligarchy; that billionaires are the people who are controlling our political life.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    You are not looking at democracy, you are looking at oligarchy -- and we have got to change that, i do not exaggerate when I tell you that the foundations of American democracy are being undermined.

  4. Phil Trieb:

    [I]f we won’t choose to pay the price of liberty, then by default we shall suffer the cost of servitude -- whether it be the iron chains of a tyrannical oligarchy or the regulatory chains of unelected, faceless bureaucrats. When we witness our neighbors abused by tyrants, will we skulk away and hope we’re not next? Or will we stand by them and challenge -- as freedom-loving Americans -- the tyranny of lawless leaders.

  5. Bernie Sanders:

    America is supposed to be a democracy, not an oligarchy. Our leaders are supposed to come from the ranks of the people and represent the needs of the people.


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