dyarchy

[ dahy-ahr-kee ]

noun

, plural dy·ar·chies.

1. diarchy.

dyarchy

/ ˈdaɪɑːkɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of diarchy

Derived Forms

• dyˈarchic, adjective

Other Words From

• dy·archic dy·archi·cal adjective

Example Sentences

In the American republic’s slow transformation into a judicial-executive dyarchy, with a vestigial legislature that lets the major controversies get settled by imperial presidents and jurists, Anthony Kennedy occupied a particularly important role.

From New York Times

A Chinese democracy is almost a dyarchy of majority and officialdom, the one revising and checking the other.

From Project Gutenberg

The designation suited the early years of the Empire, in which a dyarchy of princeps and senate had been maintained.

From Project Gutenberg

The division of the provinces between Augustus and the Senate in 27 B. C. had the effect of creating an administrative dyarchy, or joint rule of two independent authorities, for the empire.

From Project Gutenberg

As one Provincial Governor remarked to me, "We are in reality skipping the dyarchy stage."

From Project Gutenberg