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diarchy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Rule by two people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a form of government having two joint rulers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dyarchy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: political system, form of government

History

Etymology

From di- + -archy. Modelled after monarchy.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kaksinvalta — rule by two people
  • Georgian: დიარქია (diarkia) — rule by two people
  • Greek: δυαρχία (dyarchía) — rule by two people
  • Tamil: இரட்டையாட்சி (iraṭṭaiyāṭci) — rule by two people
  • Armenian: դիարխիա (diarxia) — form of government
  • Azerbaijani: diarxiya — form of government
  • Bulgarian: двувластие (dvuvlastie) — form of government
  • Bulgarian: диархия (diarhija) — form of government
  • Catalan: diarquia — form of government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兩頭政治 /两头政治 (liǎngtóu zhèngzhì) — form of government
  • Czech: diarchie — form of government
  • Danish: diarki — form of government
  • Dutch: diarchie — form of government
  • Estonian: diarhia — form of government
  • Finnish: diarkia — form of government
  • French: dyarchie — form of government
  • French: diarchie — form of government
  • Galician: diarquía — form of government
  • Galician: diarquia (reintergrationist) — form of government
  • Georgian: დიარქია (diarkia) — form of government
  • Georgian: ორხელისუფლებიანობა (orxelisuplebianoba) — form of government
  • German: Diarchie — form of government
  • German: Doppelherrschaft — form of government
  • German: Biarchie — form of government
  • Greek: δυαρχία (dyarchía) — form of government
  • Ancient Greek: δυαρχία (duarkhía) — form of government
  • Hindi: डायार्की (ḍāyārkī) — form of government
  • Hungarian: diarchia — form of government
  • Italian: diarchia — form of government
  • Korean: 이두 정치 (idu jeongchi) — form of government
  • Latvian: diarhija — form of government
  • Lithuanian: diarchija — form of government
  • Malay: diarki — form of government
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diarki — form of government
  • Polish: diarchia — form of government
  • Portuguese: diarquia — form of government
  • Romanian: diarhie — form of government
  • Russian: двоевла́стие (dvojevlástije) — form of government
  • Russian: диа́рхия (diárxija) — form of government
  • Serbo-Croatian: двовлашће — form of government
  • Serbo-Croatian: диархија — form of government
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvovlašće — form of government
  • Serbo-Croatian: diarhija — form of government
  • Slovak: diarchia — form of government
  • Slovak: dvojvládie — form of government
  • Slovene: diarhija — form of government
  • Spanish: diarquía — form of government
  • Swedish: diarki — form of government
  • Tamil: இரட்டையாட்சி (iraṭṭaiyāṭci) — form of government
  • Turkish: diarşi — form of government
  • Ukrainian: діа́рхія (diárxija) — form of government
  • Vietnamese: lưỡng đầu chế — form of government