dyarchy

noun

variants also diarchy
Definition of dyarchynext
as in oligarchy

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  1. oligarchy
  2. sovereign
  3. dictatorship
  4. triumvirate
  5. monarchy
  6. nation-state
  7. republic
  8. domain
Noun
  • For the Legislature and DeSantis to strip away basic heat protections in the face of vehement public opposition — more than 90 organizations pleaded for HB 433 to be vetoed — demonstrates yet again how Florida has become less of a democracy and more of an oligarchy.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The Russian term for their oligarchy is semibankirshchina—the reign of the seven bankers.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of oligarchy
Noun
  • The sovereign established the charity in 1990 to create improved communities where people, places and the planet can coexist.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Increasingly, sovereigns are not renewing treaties or trying to change the terms to limit the circumstances in which claims may be brought.
    John Quinn, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of sovereign
Noun
  • Older generations lived under the violent military dictatorships of the nineteen-sixties, seventies, and eighties, and young people are aware of this legacy.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Of 5,000 people held at the school during the dictatorship, fewer than 250 survived.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • The club was finally rounding into form thanks in part to the availability of that entire enticing triumvirate.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Having Ohtani, Betts and Freddie Freeman back as the MVP triumvirate atop the Dodgers order?
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of triumvirate
Noun
  • Joining the American Union, which was explicitly founded as a rebellion against the British monarchy, would mean ending this arrangement.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In later years, Washington's decision to not seek a third term was seen as a safeguard against the type of tyrannical power wielded by the British monarchy during the Colonial era.
    Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of monarchy
Noun
  • Suppose that, following the Axis’s collapse, the region became one of stable, cohesive nation-states that pursued economic development rather than war.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Whether controlled by nation-states, government bureaucracies, billionaires, corporations or hackers, bots need the disinfectant of sunlight.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of nation-state
Noun
  • That year was in the middle of the Interregnum, a period when Britain was a republic without a king.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
  • There are various plots to overthrow the emperors and either wrest control and put the empire in the hands of a single man or return Rome to its days as a republic.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of republic
Noun
  • For example, if a buyer searches for a certain keyword and shortlists 5 different names, our AI begins building dynamic associations based on search intent and those domain attributes.
    Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Nashville's pop progression isn't just the domain anymore of guys running the gamut from rap to rock.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of domain
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