diarchy

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/ˈdaɪ.ɑɹ.ki//ˈdaɪ.ɑː.ki/

noun

Rule by two people.

“Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.”

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Meanings

noundiarchy (countable and uncountable, plural diarchies)

plural diarchies · alternative dinarchy · alternative dyarchy

  1. countableuncountableRule by two people.

    Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.

  2. countableuncountableA 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

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government

nouna form of government having two joint rulers

Similar
dyarchy
Broader
political systemform of government
Also see
biarchytandemocracy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From di- + -archy. Modelled after monarchy.

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Translations

Ancient Greek δυαρχία
  • δυαρχία (duarkhía)form of government
Bulgarian двувластие, диархия
  • двувластие (dvuvlastie)form of government
  • диархия (diarhija)form of government
Catalan diarquia
  • diarquiaform of government
Chinese Mandarin 兩頭政治 /两头政治
  • 兩頭政治 /两头政治 (liǎngtóu zhèngzhì)form of government
Czech diarchie
  • diarchieform of government
Danish diarki
  • diarkiform of government
Dutch diarchie
  • diarchieform of government
Estonian diarhia
  • diarhiaform of government
Finnish kaksinvalta, diarkia
  • kaksinvaltarule by two people
  • diarkiaform of government
French dyarchie, diarchie
  • dyarchieform of government
  • diarchieform of government
German Diarchie, Doppelherrschaft
  • Diarchieform of government
  • Doppelherrschaftform of government
  • Biarchieform of government
Greek δυαρχία, δυαρχία
  • δυαρχία (dyarchía)rule by two people
  • δυαρχία (dyarchía)form of government
Hindi डायार्की
  • डायार्की (ḍāyārkī)form of government
Hungarian diarchia
  • diarchiaform of government
Italian diarchia
  • diarchiaform of government
Korean 이두 정치
  • 이두 정치 (idu jeongchi)form of government
Latvian diarhija
  • diarhijaform of government
Lithuanian diarchija
  • diarchijaform of government
Malay diarki
  • diarkiform of government
Norwegian Bokmål diarki
  • diarkiform of government
Polish diarchia
  • diarchiaform of government
Portuguese diarquia
  • diarquiaform of government
Romanian diarhie
  • diarhieform of government
Russian двоевла́стие, диа́рхия
  • двоевла́стие (dvojevlástije)form of government
  • диа́рхия (diárxija)form of government
Slovak diarchia, dvojvládie
  • diarchiaform of government
  • dvojvládieform of government
Spanish diarquía
  • diarquíaform of government
Swedish diarki
  • diarkiform of government
Tamil இரட்டையாட்சி, இரட்டையாட்சி
  • இரட்டையாட்சி (iraṭṭaiyāṭci)rule by two people
  • இரட்டையாட்சி (iraṭṭaiyāṭci)form of government
Turkish diarşi
  • diarşiform of government
Ukrainian діа́рхія
  • діа́рхія (diárxija)form of government
Vietnamese lưỡng đầu chế
  • lưỡng đầu chếform of government

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

diarchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diarchy

MLA

“diarchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diarchy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diarchy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diarchy.

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