Synonyms for oligarchs

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ol-i-gahrk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒl ɪˌgɑrk

Top 10 synonyms for oligarchs

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Définition of oligarchs

Origin : c.1600, from Middle French olygarche, oligarque, from Greek oligarkhes, related to oligarkhia (see oligarchy).

As in ruler : noun historically, person who ruled an area
As in strongman : noun dictator
As in dictator : noun absolute ruler

Example sentences :

At every pause the rabble below yelled, 'Down with the Oligarchs!
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

But these are precisely the things which the oligarchs will not allow him to touch with his finger.
Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton

His ideal of a government was an oligarchy, with him and his like as oligarchs.
Extract from : « Mark Gildersleeve » by John S. Sauzade

Oligarchs and democrats go wrong in their conception of the good.
Extract from : « Politics » by Aristotle

Sumner fulminated against what he called the oligarchs of slavery.
Extract from : « The Brothers' War » by John Calvin Reed

Such a system forced the oligarchs into an attitude of opposition.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 » by Various

The oligarchs did not dare permit the telling of the whole truth.
Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London

And in these cities will the oligarchs dwell and worship beauty.
Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London

Under the oligarchs will flourish, not a priest class, but an artist class.
Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London

And as the oligarchs had done with the morning papers, so had they done in a thousand other ways.
Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London

Antonyms for oligarchs

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