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polyarchic, a.|pɒlɪˈɑːkɪk| [f. polyarchy + -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a polyarchy.
1892G. Gissing Born in Exile II. iv. i. 164 He could admit that such men as Runcorn and Kenyon—the one with his polyarchic commercialism, the other with his demagogic violence—had possibly a useful part to play. 1970R. A. H. Robinson Origins of Franco's Spain 22 Society was ‘polyarchic’, being composed of a series of ‘intermediate republics’ (guild, municipality, region) between the ‘monarchies’ of the State and family. 1974Govt. & Opposition IX. 29 During the 1950s, the polyarchic formula, which took for granted the unconditional adherence of individuals and groups to majority rule insofar as it assumed that there was no permanent majority or minority on any particular question, seemed to be about to take root in a great many liberal democracies. |