divide and rule

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin divide et impera.

Verb

divide and rule

1. (politics) To gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.

Synonyms

• divide and conquer

Translations

Divide and conquer

• Dutch: divide et impera, deel en heers, verdeel en heers
• Finnish: hajota ja hallitse
• French: diviser pour régner (fr)
• Georgian: დაყავი და იბატონე (ka) (daq̇avi da ibaṭone)
• German: Teile und herrsche
• Greek: διαίρει και βασίλευε (el) (diaírei kai vasíleve)
• Icelandic: deila og drottna
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• Korean: 분열시켜 지배하다 (bunyeolsikyeo jibaehada)
• Lithuanian: skaldyk ir valdyk
• Persian: تفرقه بینداز و حکومت کن (tafraqe biyandâz o hokumat kon)
• Portuguese: dividir e governar
• Russian: разделя́й и вла́ствуй (razdeljáj i vlástvuj)
• Tajik: тафрақа андозу ҳукумат кун (tafraqa andozu hukumat kun)