Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Rule by two people.

    Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state.

    Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.

    Diarchie, Doppelherrschaft, Biarchie

    двоевла́стиеdvojevlástije, диа́рхияdiárxija

    діа́рхіяdiárxija

    a form of government having two joint rulers

Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From di- + -archy. Modelled after monarchy.

From di- + -archy. Modelled after monarchy.

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Forms

plural: diarchies

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a form of government having two joint rulers:dyarchy

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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