oligarchic
adjective
of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
oligarchical
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a variation of
oligarchic.
Example Sentences
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In diagnosing the problem, the wing of Latin Catholicism that both Francis and Leo represent saw the church’s historical links with elite power structures and oligarchical families as a key vulnerability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Is the thing I’m supposed to glean here that in this new oligarchical order, mortal enemies like the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the The Quaker Man have joined sides to plunder the subaltern?
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
Today, however, three non-government intermediaries — Facebook, Google, Twitter — mean that control “is more oligarchical than ever.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2021
To the contrary, the tech industry has become a massively consolidated, almost oligarchical operation.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2017
The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life, imposed by the dead upon the living.
From "1984" by George Orwell
