oligarchic
adjective
of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
oligarchically
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a word derived from
oligarchic.
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a word derived from
oligarchy.
oligarchynouna form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
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As part of the English system, as a true believer in the oligarchically administered monarchy, Gladstone was illogical, and Tennyson was logical.
From Seven English Cities by William Dean Howells
