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noun
Synonym of diarchy, especially involving alternation of offices in an allegedly democratic context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: diarchy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Blend of tandem + democracy or tandem + -ocracy, a calque of Russian тандемократия (tandemokratija) originally in reference to the office-trading of Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev.
