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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--oligarchy This week's theme: miscellaneous words. oligarchy (OL-i-gar-kee) noun A government in which a few people control all power. [From Greek oligos (few) + archos (ruler).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "We are dangerously close to creating an oligarchy in this country, whereby we will be governed by a select group of people wearing black robes." Sadie Fields; Candidates' Survey Serves as Helpful Tool; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia); Jul 16, 2004. X-Bonus The real measure of our wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money. -John Henry Jowett, preacher (1864-1923)

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