What is the meaning of oligarchy?

noun

  • A political system governed by a few people.
    • usage: "one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy"; "the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen"
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