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oligarchy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of oligarchy

1 a small group of people who exercise control over a country, business, etc.

Critics complain that the government is now dominated by an oligarchy of wealthy businesspeople.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of oligarchy

bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coterie, coven, crowd, galère, lot, network, pack, set, team

cabal, conspiracy, crew, gang, Mafia, mob, ring, syndicate

2 government that is controlled by a small group of people

The nation was an oligarchy with election results manipulated to maintain a permanent ruling class.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of oligarchy

dyarchy (also diarchy), duumvirate, triarchy, triumvirate

dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, sovereign (also sovran), theocracy

city-state, microstate, ministate, nation-state

domain, dominion, empire, kingdom, realm, republic

duchy, dukedom, emirate, principality, seigniory (or seignory), sultanate

client state, colony, condominium, dependency, mandate, province, settlement, soil, trust territory

fatherland, homeland, motherland

great power, power, sea power, superpower, world power

commonwealth, country, land, nation, sovereignty (also sovranty), state

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