OLIGARCHY
\ˈɒlɪɡˌɑːki], \ˈɒlɪɡˌɑːki], \ˈɒ_l_ɪ_ɡ_ˌɑː_k_i]\
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Government in which the supreme power is in the hands of a few; a state so governed; the few who rule.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Government by a few.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Government by a few.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.