tandemocracy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of tandem + democracy or tandem + -ocracy, a calque of Russian тандемократия (tandemokratija) originally in reference to the office-trading of Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev.
Noun
[edit]tandemocracy (uncountable)
- Synonym of diarchy, especially involving alternation of offices in an allegedly democratic context.