Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diarchical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-archi-cal
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of or pertaining to a diarchy.

Example Sentences

"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."
"S.G. Ikoku also called for a diarchical political arrangement in his book, Nigeria's Fourth Coup d'etat: Options for Modern Statehood."
"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."

Etymology

From diarchy + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: diarchy

Inflected Forms

more diarchical (comparative) most diarchical (superlative)

Questions

What does diarchical mean?: of or pertaining to a diarchy.
Where does diarchical come from?: From diarchy + -ical.

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