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Antonyms for oligarchies

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ol-i-gahr-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒl ɪˌgɑr ki

Definition of oligarchies

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Middle French oligarchie (14c.), from Greek oligarkhia "government by the few," from stem of oligos "few, small, little" (see oligo-) + arkhein "to rule" (see archon).
  • As in tyranny : noun dictatorship
Example sentences :
  • These are the different sorts of oligarchies and democracies.
  • Extract from : « Politics » by Aristotle
  • Autocracies, oligarchies, and democracies are alike to be swept out of his path.
  • Extract from : « God and Mr. Wells » by William Archer
  • Oligarchies are unjust to the many, and ochlocracies are unjust to the few.
  • Extract from : « Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man » by Oscar Wilde
  • In oligarchies, on the contrary, it is wrong to support those who are in administration against the people.
  • Extract from : « Politics » by Aristotle
  • The Mahabharata, the great Hindu epic, makes mention of kingless states or oligarchies.
  • Extract from : « The Political Future of India » by Lajpat Rai
  • Here we find, in reality, not republican governments, but despotisms or oligarchies.
  • Extract from : « Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition » by J.A. James
  • With the little adjoining State of Tlaxcala it was the home of the Aztec and other republics or oligarchies of prehispanic days.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • The old monarchies break up, and give place to oligarchies first, and then to despotism.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • The world finds room for kingdoms and empires and oligarchies; but undoubtedly man is born a democrat.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 » by Various
  • Democracies, oligarchies, aristocracies spring into being by laws of natural selection within the limits of a single province.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) » by John Addington Symonds

Synonyms for oligarchies

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