Definitionadj. of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy
Last update: October 28, 2015
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In these Flemish cities the early oligarchic form of municipal government speedily gave way to a democratic. The great mass of the townsmen organized in trade gilds - weavers, fullers, dyers, smiths, leather-workers, brewers, butchers, bakers and others, of which by far the most powerful was that of the weavers - as soon as they became conscious of their strength rebelled against the exclusive privileges of the patricians and succeeded in ousting them from power. [Please select]
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For instance, democratic forms and manners a democracy; oligarchic, an oligarchy: but, universally, the best manners produce the best government. [Please select]
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But our administration is still purely bureaucratic, and our economic organizations are monarchical or oligarchic. [Please select]
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A reasoned and reasonable order and method are {83} symbolised by their theory of Number; their philosophy is political, their politics oligarchic. [Please select]
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Whatever form it takes,--monarchic, oligarchic, or democratic,--royalty, or the government of man by man, is illegitimate and absurd. [Please select]
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They became, one, the champion of the democracy; the other, the hope of the oligarchic faction. [Please select]
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While the rich plebeians were becoming, if not aristocratic, at least oligarchic in habits and sympathy, new classes were springing up in Rome with fresh interests and no political standing. [Please select]
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