mindmap root((处处寡头多<br>数虚荣乏味)) oligarchy is applicable to any government or state in which power is openly or virtually in the hands of a favored few: :the many ~ies of ancient Greece. aristocracy basically and historically implies the rule of the best citizens, but in its more usual use it implies power vested in a privileged class, often regarded as superior in birth and breeding: a revolution that toppled the ~. plutocracy implies concentration of power in the hands of the wealthy and is regularly derogatory: successful attempts to prevent the state from becoming a ~. pride may imply either justified OR unjustified self-esteem, and it may refer to real OR imagined merit or superiority or to feelings of proper respect for oneself and one's standards OR to blatant and arrogant conceit: took ~ in her marks. vanity implies an excessive desire to win notice, approval, or prasie and connotes self-centeredness and may suggest concentration on trivia: a woman of enormous ~. vainglory suggests excessive boastful pride often manifested in an arrogant display of one's vaunted qualities: resorted to bragging and ~ to get his own way. prosaic implies an opposition to poetic and usually suggests a commonplace unexciting quality and the absence of everything that would stimulate feelings or awaken great interest: a downtown with a certain mundane,~ air. prosy stresses dullness or tediousness and when applied to persons usually implies a tendency to talk or write at length in an uninviting manner: wrote them a dull ~ letter. matter-of-fact implies a disinterest in the imaginative, speculative, visionary, romantic, or ideal; it may connote down-to-earth practicality and accuracy in detail: a ~ account of their adventure; but often it suggests preoccupation with the obvious and a neglect of more subtle values: took a very ~ attitude toward her illness. majority implies that the winning candidate or opinion has received more votes than the other candidates or opinions combined; that is, the winning vote is in excess of half the votes: elected to the senate by a very slim ~. plurality merely implies that the winner has more votes than any other candidate or opinion, whether the majority of the total or not: a ~ of the voters defeated the referendum. omnipresent in its strict sense is a divine attribute equivalent to immanent, but more commonly it implies presence or prevalence: the residents of that neighborhood have an ~ sense of fear. ubiquitous implies a quality being so active or so numerous as to seem to be everywhere: ~ tourists toting their omnipresent cameras.