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Etymology

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By surface analysis, oligarch +‎ -isch. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌoː.liˈɣɑr.xis/
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  • Hyphenation: oli‧gar‧chisch
  • Rhymes: -ɑrxis

Adjective

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oligarchisch (not comparable)

  1. oligarchic (pertaining to rule by a few)

Inflection

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Declension of oligarchisch
uninflected oligarchisch
inflected oligarchische
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial oligarchisch
indefinite m./f. sing. oligarchische
n. sing. oligarchisch
plural oligarchische
definite oligarchische
partitive oligarchisch

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: oligarkis

German

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχικός (oligarkhikós), with -isch instead of -ικός (-ikós). Morphologically analyzable as Oligarch (oligarch) +‎ -isch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oliˈɡaʁçɪʃ/
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  • Hyphenation: oli‧g‧ar‧chisch

Adjective

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oligarchisch (strong nominative masculine singular oligarchischer, comparative oligarchischer, superlative am oligarchischsten)

  1. oligarchic, oligarchical

Declension

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