oligarchizationn.
/ˌɒlᵻɡɑːkʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɑləɡɑrkəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌoʊləɡɑrkəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑləɡɑrˌkaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌoʊləɡɑrˌkaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Politics.
The process of moving towards an oligarchic political or administrative system.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of the upper classes > tendency to
oligarchization1956
1956 Z. Barbu Democracy & Dictatorship 120 R. Michels has described this as a tendency towards oligarchization which he found in nearly all Western political parties.
1974 tr. W. F. Wertheim Evol. & Revol. 405 The Continued Revolution; China and the Iron Law of ‘Oligarchization [Du. oligarchisering]’.
1998 F. Heller Organizational Participation 57 Others have contemplated the fate of all organizations..eventually to show signs of oligarchization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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