A structure/form found in the world...ie: religious, educational, governmental, commercial; which has as it's basis the idea of mandatory obligation to principles inherent in the structure requiring strict adherence and acceptance without question.
Doctrine in a religious structure which after evolution of centuries by a central core of leaders, is accepted as unquestionably the "fact" or the "truth". Direct questioning then would lead to expulsion or being shunned or removed from the group. Inclusion in an obligarchy requires acceptance/approval of, and adherence to certain basic premises for inclusion in the group.
A small group of mobsters having control of a country, organization, or institution.
In 2016, Putin and his cronies successfully manipulated the sheeple of the United States into installing a mobligarchy ruled by the mobligarch, Donald Trump.
A system of power — political, technical, or infrastructural — held by an individual or small group whose authority is justified not by election, inheritance, or force, but by genuine moral integrity and competence. Unlike traditional oligarchy, which concentrates power through wealth or ruthlessness, a moraligarchy concentrates power through trustworthiness — with the uncomfortable acknowledgment that such trust ultimately cannot be enforced, only chosen.
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"