oligarchical
- a of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy
- But ornithological and oligarchical verities apart, little else of the old order is immune from the spirit of regeneration that has engulfed the state.
- The offer seemed irresistibleto everyone except Yardley's oligarchical Gardner family, which bought out the Yardley's in 1883, carefully kept a ruling majority of the voting .
- The landmark decision puts a cap on an era of corruption and oligarchical politics that had gripped the country throughout the 1980's.