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
  • Both estates were established hundreds of years ago to provide income for both the sovereign and the heir to the throne, People magazine reported.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Both estates were established hundreds of years ago to provide income for the sovereign and the heir to the throne, respectively.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of sovereign
Noun
  • This made very little sense after the Russian people, hoping for a more democratic future, toppled the Soviet dictatorship.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The day after Chun declared martial law in May 1980, students in opposition to the order took to the streets, staging demonstrations against military dictatorship in the southwestern city of Gwangju.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • Having Ohtani, Betts and Freddie Freeman back as the MVP triumvirate atop the Dodgers order?
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The creative triumvirate of Yerkovich, Mann, and Carter and the rapport of Johnson, Thomas, and their co-stars — Saundra Santiago as Gina, Olivia Brown as Trudy, Michael Talbott as Switek, and John Diehl as Zito — proved alchemically perfect.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of triumvirate
Noun
  • After 11 years of republican rule, the restoration of the monarchy meant more than just the public display of Oliver Cromwell’s exhumed and severed head outside of Westminster.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Whether that was the society of her village or the monarchy, or the post-revolution, post-1952, Egypt.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of monarchy
Noun
  • The big picture: Telcos have long been a target for nation-state spies looking for coveted state secrets.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This isn't the first time the Trump campaign has been the target of a hack by nation-state actors.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 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
  • Think of an organization in any domain that has achieved something big in the last few decades.
    Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This iteration of Yama Sakura is also set to focus on the integration of multi-domain operations across land, air, sea, space and cyber domains.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of domain
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