autocracy vs. oligarchy
[aw-tok-ruh-see]
/ ɔˈtɒk rə si /
noun
plural
autocracies-
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
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a nation, state, or community ruled by an autocrat.
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unlimited authority, power, or influence of one person in any group.
[ol-i-gahr-kee]
/ ˈɒl ɪˌgɑr ki /
noun
plural
oligarchies-
a 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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a state or organization so ruled.
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the persons or class so ruling.
