寡か頭とう政せい治じ

noun

oligarchy

A political system where power is held by a small group of people. Often used in historical or political science contexts.

• 古こ代だいギリシャの一いち部ぶの都と市し国こっ家かでは寡か頭とう政せい治じが行おこなわれていた。

  Some city-states in ancient Greece were governed by oligarchy.

• その国くには名めい目もく上じょうは民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎだが、実じっ質しつ的てきには寡か頭とう政せい治じだ。

  That country is nominally a democracy, but in reality it is an oligarchy.