tandemocracy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
tandemocracy (uncountable)
- Synonym of diarchy, especially involving alternation of offices in an allegedly democratic context.