oligarchic
adjective
ol·i·gar·chic
ˌä-lə-ˈgär-kik 
ˌō-
variants
or oligarchical
: of, relating to, or based on an oligarchy
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Trump’s tariffs Finally, populist ideas rather than oligarchic self-interest are clearly the motivating factor behind Trump’s highest-risk move: the great tariff experiment.
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Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Efforts to cram the square pegs of the GOP's austere, oligarchic economic agenda into the round holes of an unraveling economy led by an unpopular, unstable autocrat are going to consume most of the next several months even in a best-case scenario for the party.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
In El Salvador in the 1960s, Todd writes, peasants and workers joined with progressive Catholics and intellectuals to push against the country’s oligarchic rulers, known as the fourteen families.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 Feb. 2025
This is a new kind of oligarchic threat that will need to be taken seriously in its own right.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
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Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Efforts to cram the square pegs of the GOP's austere, oligarchic economic agenda into the round holes of an unraveling economy led by an unpopular, unstable autocrat are going to consume most of the next several months even in a best-case scenario for the party.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
In El Salvador in the 1960s, Todd writes, peasants and workers joined with progressive Catholics and intellectuals to push against the country’s oligarchic rulers, known as the fourteen families.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 Feb. 2025
This is a new kind of oligarchic threat that will need to be taken seriously in its own right.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oligarchic
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“Oligarchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oligarchic. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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