diarchical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

diarchy +‎ -ical

Adjective[edit]

diarchical (comparative more diarchical, superlative most diarchical)

  1. of or pertaining to a diarchy.
    • 1964, Abrar Hussain Bokhari, Constitutional History of Indo-Pakistan Sub-continent, page 77:
      The principle of joint responsibility, however, did not develop under the diarchical system except in cases where a motion of no confidence in a ministry as a whole was carried in a Legislative Council.
    • 1993, Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo, Nigeria: The Political Transition and the Future of Democracy, Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, page 283:
      S.G. Ikoku also called for a diarchical political arrangement in his book, Nigeria's Fourth Coup d'etat: Options for Modern Statehood.
    • 2013, Matt Tomlinson, Debra L. McDougall, Christian Politics in Oceania, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 202:
      Sometimes people seem to read them as suggesting that God gave politics its own place, the one it occupies in their diarchical scheme, and that it should keep to that place.