oligarchy

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one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy

उनको मुख्य विश्वासमध्ये एउटा यो थियो कि बेलायत लोकतन्त्रको रूपमा होइन, अल्पतन्त्रको रूपमा चल्थ्यो।

the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen

ठूला सहरहरू कुख्यात रूपमा स्थानीय व्यापारीहरूको अल्पतन्त्रको हातमा थिए।