oligarchic
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the Deep South consisted of a landowning class, some of whom relocated from slave plantations in the Caribbean, who formed an "oligarchic, top-down society".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The courtroom served as a kind of leveler in an increasingly oligarchic age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Globally, people argue about which countries should be listed as oligarchic and which should not.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2024
Thus, between 405 BCE – 338 BCE, the old order of the hoplites and republics atrophied, replaced by oligarchic councils or tyrants in the poleis and stronger, tax-supported states.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The wave of discontent that was stirring the people was beginning to strike at the heart of that oligarchic society.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
