Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyarchy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pol-yarchy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A government in which power is invested in multiple people.

Etymology

From poly- + -archy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: poly
Suffix: archy

Inflected Forms

polyarchies (plural)

Derived Forms

polyarchic polyarchical polyarchism

Questions

What does polyarchy mean?: A government in which power is invested in multiple people.
Where does polyarchy come from?: From poly- + -archy.

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