adjective [oft adverb ADJECTIVE] If someone has a life-threatening illness or is in a life-threatening situation, there is a strong possibility that the illness or the situation will kill them. Caitlin was born with a life-threatening heart abnormality.
In their writings, Plato and Aristotle described and analyzed the state in terms of. autocracy, oligarchy, and democracyâthe rule of one, several, or many. Both Plato and. Aristotle advocated the type of government that was ruled by an educated elite, that is, an aristocracy; however, throughout the city-states of Greece they observed all forms of. government. Still used today, these categories are outlined below.
Plutocracy is the rule of money: rich people dominate society and politics. Oligarchy is when a few people share political power, at the expense of everyone else. Aristocrâ¦acy, although it can be an oligarchy, is the rule of the elite, under a social class system.