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oligarchize

oligarchize verb: to make (a political system) oligarchic.

Verb

oligarchize (third-person singular simple present oligarchizes, present participle oligarchizing, simple past and past participle oligarchized)

  1. (transitive) To make (a political system) oligarchic.

Forms of oligarchize

third-person singular presentoligarchizes
present participleoligarchizing
past participleoligarchized
pastoligarchized

Origin of oligarchize

From oligarch + -ize.

Words formed from oligarchize

Questions about oligarchize

What does oligarchize mean?
Oligarchize means to make (a political system) oligarchic.
What part of speech is oligarchize?
Oligarchize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oligarchize?
The past tense of oligarchize is oligarchized.

Words near oligarchize in the dictionary

  1. oligarchism
  2. oligarchist
  3. oligarchists
  4. oligarchization
  5. oligarchizations
  6. oligarchize
  7. oligarchized
  8. oligarchizes
  9. oligarchizing
  10. oligarchs
  11. oligarchy

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