oligarchicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌɒlᵻˈɡɑːkᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌɑləˈɡɑrkək(ə)l/,

/ˌoʊləˈɡɑrkək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s holygarcicall, 1500s–1600s oligarchicall, 1500s– oligarchical.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀλιγαρχικός , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχικός oligarchic adj. + -al suffix¹.

= oligarchic adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of the upper classes

aristocratian1583

oligarchical1586

aristocratical1589

aristocratic1596

oglogarchial1602

oglogarchian1602

oligarchala1628

oligarchic1643

optimatical1652

monarchico-1785

aristo1874

1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xii. 61 Which popularity of administration, nature will none of, nor yet with any holygarcicall or mixt.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 619 Megabyses..perswaded the Oligarchical gouernment [Fr. le Gouvernement Oligarchique].

1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) iii. ii. v. iii. 565 Shee will..weare the breeches in her oligarchicall goverment.

1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 151 The Senate of Rome..consisting of 300, was in regard of the number, less Oligarchicall then that of Lacedemon.

1796 T. Jefferson Let. 28 Feb. in Papers (2000) XXVIII. 618 I fear the oligarchical executive of the French will not do.

1803 W. Godwin Life Chaucer III. 189 An oligarchical council temporarily administering the affairs of the nation.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) V. xliii. 261 A large share of power was thrown into the hands of an oligarchical faction.

1862 W. H. Russell My Diary North & South II. 340 A contest..between those representing the oligarchical principle and the pollarchy.

1910 G. K. Chesterton George Bernard Shaw 89 The real and ancient emotion of the salvs populi, almost extinct in our oligarchical chaos.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 965/1 The Massaliots made their way by prudence and by vigilant administration of their oligarchical government.

1976 A. J. Toynbee & D. Ikeda Choose Life II. viii. 222 It [sc. democracy] lasted for less than two centuries and was then succeeded by a moderate oligarchical regime.

2000 S. Caulfield In defense of Honor 11 Political militants..who opposed the nation's oligarchical political structures attacked..the inflation of sexual honor.

Derivatives

oliˈgarchically adv. in an oligarchical manner, by an oligarchical government.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adverb] > by upper classes

aristocratically1586

oligarchically1850

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lv. 19 Tegea, situated on the frontiers of Laconia and oligarchically governed, was tenaciously attached to Sparta.

1937 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 48 45 The young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution,..oligarchically if the laws are oligarchal.

1999 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 32 171 What was different was rather the character of the British state with its oligarchically based patterns of patronage and influence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oligarchical
释义	oligarchicaladj. Brit. /ˌɒlᵻˈɡɑːkᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɑləˈɡɑrkək(ə)l/, /ˌoʊləˈɡɑrkək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s holygarcicall, 1500s–1600s oligarchicall, 1500s– oligarchical. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀλιγαρχικός , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχικός oligarchic adj. + -al suffix¹. = oligarchic adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of the upper classes aristocratian1583 oligarchical1586 aristocratical1589 aristocratic1596 oglogarchial1602 oglogarchian1602 oligarchala1628 oligarchic1643 optimatical1652 monarchico-1785 aristo1874 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xii. 61 Which popularity of administration, nature will none of, nor yet with any holygarcicall or mixt. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 619 Megabyses..perswaded the Oligarchical gouernment [Fr. le Gouvernement Oligarchique]. 1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) iii. ii. v. iii. 565 Shee will..weare the breeches in her oligarchicall goverment. 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 151 The Senate of Rome..consisting of 300, was in regard of the number, less Oligarchicall then that of Lacedemon. 1796 T. Jefferson Let. 28 Feb. in Papers (2000) XXVIII. 618 I fear the oligarchical executive of the French will not do. 1803 W. Godwin Life Chaucer III. 189 An oligarchical council temporarily administering the affairs of the nation. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) V. xliii. 261 A large share of power was thrown into the hands of an oligarchical faction. 1862 W. H. Russell My Diary North & South II. 340 A contest..between those representing the oligarchical principle and the pollarchy. 1910 G. K. Chesterton George Bernard Shaw 89 The real and ancient emotion of the salvs populi, almost extinct in our oligarchical chaos. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 965/1 The Massaliots made their way by prudence and by vigilant administration of their oligarchical government. 1976 A. J. Toynbee & D. Ikeda Choose Life II. viii. 222 It [sc. democracy] lasted for less than two centuries and was then succeeded by a moderate oligarchical regime. 2000 S. Caulfield In defense of Honor 11 Political militants..who opposed the nation's oligarchical political structures attacked..the inflation of sexual honor. Derivatives oliˈgarchically adv. in an oligarchical manner, by an oligarchical government. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adverb] > by upper classes aristocratically1586 oligarchically1850 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lv. 19 Tegea, situated on the frontiers of Laconia and oligarchically governed, was tenaciously attached to Sparta. 1937 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 48 45 The young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution,..oligarchically if the laws are oligarchal. 1999 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 32 171 What was different was rather the character of the British state with its oligarchically based patterns of patronage and influence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1586
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