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autocracy vs. oligarchy

autocracy

noun

plural

autocracies 

  1. government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.

  2. a nation, state, or community ruled by an autocrat.

  3. unlimited authority, power, or influence of one person in any group.

oligarchy

noun

plural

oligarchies 

  1. 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.

  2. a state or organization so ruled.

  3. the persons or class so ruling.