oligarchic
adjective
ol·i·gar·chic
| \ ˌä-lə-ˈgär-kik
, ˌō-\
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variants:
or oligarchical \ ˌä-lə-ˈgär-ki-kəl
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Definition of oligarchic
: of, relating to, or based on an oligarchy
Examples of oligarchic in a Sentence
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The key issue here is not just to get rid of Poroshenko, but to pass from oligarchic rule to people’s power. — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, "Why frustrated Ukrainians may elect a comedian as president," 19 Apr. 2019 Many of the young activists are driven by a sense that city’s oligarchic political system is rigged against them. — Time, "'Whenever There’s Trouble He Rushes There.' Meet Legislator Roy Kwong, the God of Hong Kong Protests," 20 July 2019 That unique capacity is today endangered by grotesque levels of oligarchic power and domestic inequality, as well as formidable challenges from economic powers such as China that the capitalist West had once dominated and exploited. — Pankaj Mishra, Twin Cities, "Pankaj Mishra: Putin’s wrong, but so are liberals," 11 July 2019 The only group that would lose from reforms are the property tycoons and other elites who have benefited from an oligarchic system. — Time, "It Is Time for Democracy in Hong Kong," 2 July 2019 Another aim is to mobilize Russia's oligarchic capitalists to build public infrastructure, saddling them with Kremlin oversight. — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, "As World Cup kicks off, Russia aims to prove a world-class host again," 13 June 2018 At the federal level, Republicans have been able to honor their fiduciary duty to their oligarchic donors without imposing austerity on their constituents. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "The Teachers’ Strikes Have Exposed the GOP’s Achilles Heel," 5 Apr. 2018 The Quail is an exercise in elite excess for the oligarchic and overrestored—cars and humans alike. — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, "Our Entirely Subjective Guide to the Most Important Good-Weather Automotive Events of the Year," 2 Mar. 2018 As the party politicians have stated many times in public, Poland gained complete sovereignty only when PiS took power — and is only now shaking off the authoritarian or oligarchic grip of the previous regimes. — Mateusz Mazzini, Washington Post, "Poland’s right-wing government is rewriting history — with itself as hero," 27 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oligarchic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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