different between oligarch vs totalitarian

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (oligárkh?s).
Surface analysis: olig- (“few”) +? -arch (“ruler, leader”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?l?????k/, /??l?????k/

Noun

oligarch (plural oligarchs)

1. A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
2. (especially Russia, USA, Europe, or China) A very rich person, particularly with political power; a plutocrat.

   Synonyms: plutocrat, tycoonocrat

3. (cosmogony) A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion.

Related terms

• oligarchal
• oligarchic
• oligarchical
• oligarchy

Translations

Further reading

• oligarch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ????????? (oligárkh?s). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?.li???rx/
• Hyphenation: oli?garch
• Rhymes: -?rx

Noun

oligarch m (plural oligarchen, diminutive oligarchje n)

1. An oligarch (member of an oligarchy). [from late 18th c.]
2. A plutocrat, an oligarch, especially in relation to the former Eastern Bloc. [from late 20th c.]

   Synonym: plutocraat

Related terms

• oligarchie
• oligarchisch

English

Etymology

From Italian totalitario (“complete, absolute, totalitarian”) +? -an. Equivalent to totality +? -arian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??t?l??t??i?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?to?t?l??t???i?n/
• Rhymes: -??ri?n

Adjective

totalitarian (comparative more totalitarian, superlative most totalitarian)

1. Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically.

Translations

Noun

totalitarian (plural totalitarians)

1. An advocate of totalitarianism.

Related terms

• totalitarianism