oligarchical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to, controlled by, or characteristic of an oligarchy

   Political power remained concentrated in a small oligarchical elite.

From oligarch plus -ical, ultimately from Ancient Greek oligarkhia ("rule by a few"), from oligos ("few") and arkhein ("to rule"). Oligarchical is a longer equivalent of oligarchic.

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