"oli", derived from 'oligos', the Greek word for 'few'.
An Oligarchy
oligarchyOligarchy is the form of government. This is the form that only few people rule.
It means that Sparta was ruled by a few, powerful men (the two kings and, later on, the Euphors). Oligarchy comes from the greek word, Ὀλιγαρχία, or Oligarkhia.
An oligarchy is characterized by a small group of people controlling a government. Both Russia and the United States are considered by some to have traits of an oligarchy.
Ok, well here's my sentence. I just learned what oligarchy was and I took a test on it. An oligarchy is a type of government in which a few people rule. So here's a sentence. "My country uses an oligarchy to rule our country, in which a few people are elected to make decisions for us!
That could be oligarchy, or dictatorship
Oligarchy
The term for "goverment by the few" is Oligarchy
Since the government of Sparta was an oligarchy it was ruled by few.
An Oligarchy
Oligo- as in oligarchy, oligomenorrhea, oliguria.
The conventional spelling is "oligarchy," not "oliarchy." Oligarchy means, in simple terms, government or rule by a few.
An oligarchy.
Sparta used an oligarchy as their form of government. This means that there was a few people who ruled.
oligarchyOligarchy is the form of government. This is the form that only few people rule.
It means that Sparta was ruled by a few, powerful men (the two kings and, later on, the Euphors). Oligarchy comes from the greek word, Ὀλιγαρχία, or Oligarkhia.
Government by the few is an oligarchy, by a single powerful ruler an autocracy, and by the landed gentry an aristocracy.