oligarchic

adjective

ol·i·gar·chic ˌä-lə-ˈgär-kik

ˌō-

variants or oligarchical

ˌä-lə-ˈgär-ki-kəl

ˌō-

: of, relating to, or based on an oligarchy

Examples of oligarchic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

So the most militantly ultra-nationalist faction, heroes of war, impossible to stand against politically, became the most corruptly oligarchic and sold out to Russia. —

Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 The Putin regime is imperialist and oligarchic, dependent for its existence on propaganda that claims that all the world is ever such. —

Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 That may have deeper consequences at a time when Fico’s opponents are warning of his efforts to tighten his grip on power and undermine checks and balances in the furtherance of his interests and those of a set of oligarchic allies. —

Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024 Some in Ukraine also fear the oligarchs will be replaced by a new oligarchic system emerging from the wartime concentration of power around the government. —

Constant Méheut, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for oligarchic

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, Medieval Latin & Greek; French oligarchique, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin oligarchicus, borrowed from Greek oligarchikós, from oligarchía oligarchy + -ikos -ic entry 1

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of oligarchic was in 1586

See more words from the same year