oligarchic
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Meanwhile, the Deep South consisted of a landowning class, some of whom relocated from slave plantations in the Caribbean, who formed an "oligarchic, top-down society".
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
Imperial overreach comes home: financial crisis, a Spartan fleet off the coast of Attica and an oligarchic coup in Athens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
In these environments, oligarchic dynasties and familial networks create and sustain privileged microclimates of abundance — though mostly for their own exclusive benefit.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024
“Some of them had oligarchic influences in the past, but so what, they got through it, and saw this as an opportunity to reset their image in an era of criticism of fossil fuels.”
From Washington Post • May 3, 2022
The wave of discontent that was stirring the people was beginning to strike at the heart of that oligarchic society.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
