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  • noun Plural form of oligarchy.

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Examples

  • Egalitarian norms make recruiting costlier in oligarchies, which become weaker than monarchies.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • But in contrast to other Latin American oligarchies, it delivered order.

    Reform And The Revolution 2008

  • In the schools of this bandit, the officers and repression and crime of the Latin American oligarchies pursue their studies.

    CDR ANNIVERSARY RALLY 1967

  • In reference to our position of criticizing the problem of financial and technical aid to Latin American oligarchies -- in the first place, a deliberate effort has been made to warp our opinion in this respect.

    LASO CLOSING SESSION 1967

  • When the Yankee dollars arrive in the pockets of the Latin American oligarchies, the least they will be able to say if they are a bit honest is: Thanks, Cuban revolution, for you helped us get these millions.

    CEREMONY HONORING HIM FOR RECEIVING THE LENIN PR 1961

  • He proposed a legislative and regulatory framework aimed at curbing the "oligarchies" in the media and ensuring control of and access to the media for ordinary people.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • They rail against ill-defined "oligarchies," entrenched political parties, local elites, the church or media establishment.

    CounterPunch 2009

  • They rail against ill-defined "oligarchies," entrenched political parties, local elites, the church or media establishment.

    CounterPunch 2009

  • In short these "secular societies are most often "oligarchies" supported by the simulations and simulacra of mass media which have become effective tools of propaganda, and thus for the oligarchy to retain power.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

  • In short these "secular societies are most often "oligarchies" supported by the simulations and simulacra of mass media which have become effective tools of propaganda, and thus for the oligarchy to retain power.

    Sri Aurobindo provided a "post-modern" commentary on society more than 80 years ago Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

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