polyarchy

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ -archy.

Noun

polyarchy (plural polyarchies)

1. A government in which power is invested in multiple people.

Derived terms

• polyarchic
• polyarchical
• polyarchism

Translations

government in which power is invested in multiple people

• Catalan: poliarquia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多頭政治 / 多头政治 (duōtóu zhèngzhì), 多頭政體 / 多头政体 (duōtóu zhèngtǐ)

• Finnish: poliarkia
• French: polyarchie (fr) f
• German: Polyarchie (de) f
• Indonesian: poliarki
• Italian: poliarchia (it) f
• Japanese: 多頭政治 (たとうせいじ, tatō seiji)
• Malay: poliarki
• Portuguese: poliarquia f
• Russian: поликра́тия f (polikrátija), полиа́рхия f (poliárxija)
• Spanish: poliarquía (es) f

Further reading

• polyarchy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia