What does "tandemocracy" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "tandemocracy"?

Common synonyms include: diarchy.

Tandemocracy

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Synonym of diarchy, especially involving alternation of offices in an allegedly democratic context. uncountable

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diarchy

Etymology

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.

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