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Oligarchy is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Oligarchy in a sentence

Oligarchy meaning

  1. A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
  2. A state ruled by such a government.
  3. Those who make up an oligarchic government.

Synonyms of Oligarchy

political system form of government

Using Oligarchy

  • The main meaning on this page is: A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates. | A state ruled by such a government. | Those who make up an oligarchic government.
  • Useful related words include: political system, form of government.
  • In the example corpus, oligarchy often appears in combinations such as: the oligarchy, an oligarchy, oligarchy and.

Context around Oligarchy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

civil 2× term 1× tech 1× fronted 1× russian 1× ecuadorian 1× same 1×

Often after:

went 1× per 1× protected 1× judicial 1× plutocracy 1× swung 1× cared 1×

Sentence patterns with Oligarchy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a civil oligarchy like the 1× aristocracy an oligarchy and of 1× as an oligarchy per se 1× big tech oligarchy protected covid 1× dismantle the oligarchy that flourished 1× election fronted oligarchy plutocracy and 1× in the oligarchy went up 1× in their oligarchy cared not 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a terrifying dystopian 1× america is an 1× and honestly this 1× and i use 1× but the degenerations 1× for two years 1×

Common sentence endings:

america has become 1× and income protection 1× but feudal lords 1× his own associates 1× is a dictatorship 1× know what is 1×

Words around Oligarchy

Just before it in the word index:

oligarchs 134 oligarchization 2 oligarchies 6 oligarchical 6 oligarchic 27 oligarch 80

Just after it in the word index:

oligo 3 oligocene 36 oligochaetes 2 oligoclase 2 oligodendrocytes 7 oligomerize 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aac 105 abdallah 105 abdication 105 acoustics 105 adequacy 105 aladdin 105

Corpus analysis for Oligarchy

  • In this selection, "oligarchy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, civil, term, tech, went, per and protected stand out and add context to how "oligarchy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a civil oligarchy like the and aristocracy an oligarchy and of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "oligarchy" sits close to words such as aac, abdallah and abdication, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with oligarchy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

America is an oligarchy, not a democracy. (7 words)

Your daily example of the oligarchy that America has become. (10 words)

And honestly, this ruling aligns more with an oligarchy than a democracy. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Like the rest of Israel’s oligarchy – judicial, political, military, financial, hi-tech, and media – Strauss was only waiting for an opportunity to crash the channel that has been galvanizing the voices of Israel’s growing right-wing majority. (39 words)

Gilens and Page do not characterize the US as an "oligarchy" per se; however, they do apply the concept of "civil oligarchy" as used by Jeffrey Winters with respect to the US. (32 words)

Winters has posited a comparative theory of "oligarchy" in which the wealthiest citizens – even in a "civil oligarchy" like the United States – dominate policy concerning crucial issues of wealth- and income-protection. (32 words)

Question examples

Might there be an unstated pro-status quo arrangement between our election fronted oligarchy/plutocracy and the main stream Media, including the B. B. C.? (25 words)

Example sentences (20)

Still, the water level in the Oligarchy went up, because water from those other ditches poured over the landscape toward the Oligarchy.

And I use the term oligarchy, and oligarchy is a society where small numbers of very wealthy people control the economic and political life of the country.

Gilens and Page do not characterize the US as an "oligarchy" per se; however, they do apply the concept of "civil oligarchy" as used by Jeffrey Winters with respect to the US.

The oligarchy The oligarchy that have controlled El Salvador's history were all but feudal lords.

Winters has posited a comparative theory of "oligarchy" in which the wealthiest citizens – even in a "civil oligarchy" like the United States – dominate policy concerning crucial issues of wealth- and income-protection.

America is an oligarchy, not a democracy.

And honestly, this ruling aligns more with an oligarchy than a democracy.

For two years, the Big Tech oligarchy protected Covid policy, health bureaucrats, politicians, and Big Pharma while taking millions in advertising dollars, both public and private.

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In short, according to the findings, the U.S. was little more than an oligarchy.

Like the rest of Israel’s oligarchy – judicial, political, military, financial, hi-tech, and media – Strauss was only waiting for an opportunity to crash the channel that has been galvanizing the voices of Israel’s growing right-wing majority.

Might there be an unstated pro-status quo arrangement between our election fronted oligarchy/plutocracy and the main stream Media, including the B. B. C.?

Similarly, Putin aimed to dismantle the oligarchy that flourished under Boris Yeltsin’s rule, but in practice, he often replaced them with his own associates.

The international elites became corrupt and the doors to the Russian oligarchy swung open.

The patricians, secure in their oligarchy, cared not a whit, but began to complain a bit about the horrible hoi polloi hanging around on their streets.

Though Noboa is not of the same party as Lasso, he is nonetheless part of the same traditional Ecuadorian oligarchy.

Your daily example of the oligarchy that America has become.

A terrifying, dystopian twist is that the same Oligarchy has anointed Donald Trump—most likely without his awareness—to oppose Kamala Harris.

But the degenerations in the above-mentioned polities are, of a kingdom, indeed, a tyranny; of an aristocracy, an oligarchy; and of a polity, a democracy.

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich this sentiment in an opinion piece for published Thursday, writing: "If this isn't oligarchy, I don't know what is.

In truth, one of the synonyms of an oligarchy is a dictatorship.

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Common combinations with oligarchy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "oligarchy" in a sentence?
An example: "Still, the water level in the Oligarchy went up, because water from those other ditches poured over the landscape toward the Oligarchy." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "oligarchy" from authentic English texts.
What does "oligarchy" mean?
Oligarchy means: A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
What are synonyms of "oligarchy"?
Common synonyms of "oligarchy" include: political system, form of government.
How many example sentences with "oligarchy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "oligarchy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.