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Oligarchy vs Polyarchy - What's the difference?

oligarchy | polyarchy |

As nouns the difference between oligarchy and polyarchy

is that oligarchy is a government run by only a few, often the wealthy while polyarchy is a government in which power is invested in multiple people.

oligarchy

English

Noun

(wikipedia oligarchy) (oligarchies)
  • A government run by only a few, often the wealthy.
  • Those who make up an oligarchic government.
  • A state ruled by such a government.

    • Related terms

    * oligarch * oligarchic * oligarchical

    polyarchy

    English

    (wikipedia polyarchy)

    Noun

    (polyarchies)
  • A government in which power is invested in multiple people.

    • Derived terms

    * polyarchic * polyarchical