Oligarchy vs. Monarchy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Oligarchy and Monarchy
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Oligarchy
Oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía); from ὀλίγος (olígos) 'few', and ἄρχω (arkho) 'to rule or to command') is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, corporate, religious, political, or military control.
Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can expand across the domains of the executive, legislative, and judicial.
Oligarchy
Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
Monarchy
Government by a monarch.
Oligarchy
Those making up such a government.
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Monarchy
A state ruled or headed by a monarch.
Oligarchy
A state governed by a few persons.
Monarchy
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).
An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters.
A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarch's power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body.
Oligarchy
A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.
Monarchy
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
Oligarchy
Those who make up an oligarchic government.
Monarchy
A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.
Oligarchy
A state ruled by such a government.
Monarchy
States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen.
Oligarchy
A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.
All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list.
Monarchy
A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
Oligarchy
A political system governed by a few people
Monarchy
A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy.
Monarchy
The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
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Monarchy
An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
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