- [uncountable]
a form of government in which only a small group of people hold all the power 寡头政治 - [countable + singular or plural verb]
the people who hold power in an oligarchy 寡头统治集团 - [countable]
a country governed by an oligarchy 寡头统治的国家
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Greek oligarkhia, from oligoi ‘few’ and arkhein ‘to rule’.