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Definition of Oligarchical
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy.
Derivative terms: Oligarch, Oligarchy, Oligarchy
Partainyms: Oligarchy, Oligarchy
Definition of Oligarchical
1. Adjective. oligarchic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oligarchical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligarchical
Literary usage of Oligarchical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1914)
"he is afraid of exciting his expensive appetites, and summoning them as helpers
in his struggle, so that, in true oligarchical style, he carries on the war ..."
2. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1847)
"oligarchical conspiracy defeated at Samos. seldom exercised is therefore of ...
before his departure from Samos, had formed a new oligarchical faction there ..."
3. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"Establishment of the oligarchical governments. § 2. ... Conflicts of the oligarchical
and democratical parties at Megara. ..."
4. The Miscellaneous Writings of John Fiske: With Many Portraits of Illustrious by John Fiske (1902)
"London, indeed, has always main- oligarchical tained its character as a ...
and thus to become close corporations or self-perpetuating oligarchical bodies. ..."
5. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1888)
"Position of the oligarchical party. ... absence of Pompeius in Asia tbc extreme
section of the oligarchical party, well pleased at the removal of a champion ..."
6. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"... to Athens- oligarchical government established in several of the allied cities.
Such was the condition to which things had been ..."
7. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1888)
"... Such was the condition to which things had been brought in Athens, by Antiphon
and the oligarchical conspirators acting under his direction, ..."
8. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"oligarchical rule, however, still appeared to flourish; and in Denmark, as in
Sweden, ... oligarchical ..."
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