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tandemocracy

tandemocracy noun: synonym of diarchy, especially involving alternation of offices in an allegedly democratic context.

Noun

tandemocracy (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of diarchy, especially involving alternation of offices in an allegedly democratic context.
    Synonyms:
    diarchy

Synonyms of tandemocracy

Origin of tandemocracy

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.

Questions about tandemocracy

What does tandemocracy mean?
Tandemocracy means synonym of diarchy, especially involving alternation of offices in an allegedly democratic context.
What part of speech is tandemocracy?
Tandemocracy is a noun.

Words near tandemocracy in the dictionary

  1. tandemize
  2. tandemized
  3. tandemizes
  4. tandemizing
  5. tandemly
  6. tandemocracy
  7. tandems
  8. tandemwise
  9. Tanden
  10. Tandia
  11. Tandil

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