separation of powers

English

Noun

separation of powers (countable and uncountable, plural separations of powers)

1. A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.

Translations

model for governance

• Azerbaijani: hakimiyyətlərin bölünməsi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三權分立／三权分立 (zh) (sānquánfēnlì)

• Dutch: trias politica (nl) f, scheiding der machten f
• Finnish: vallan ositus
• French: séparation des pouvoirs (fr) f
• Georgian: ხელისუფლების დანაწილება (xelisuplebis danac̣ileba)
• German: Gewaltenteilung (de) f, Gewaltentrennung (de) f
• Greek: διάκριση των εξουσιών f (diákrisi ton exousión)
• Icelandic: þrískipting ríkisvaldsins f
• Indonesian: pemisahan kekuasaan
• Italian: separazione dei poteri f
• Japanese: 三権分立 (ja) (さんけんぶんりつ, sankenbunritsu)
• Latin: trias polītica f
• Malay: pengasingan kuasa
• Polish: trójpodział władzy m, podział władzy m, podział władz m
• Portuguese: separação dos poderes
• Romanian: separația puterilor (ro) f
• Russian: разделе́ние власте́й n (razdelénije vlastéj)
• Spanish: separación de poderes f
• Ukrainian: розпо́діл держа́вної вла́ди m (rozpódil deržávnoji vlády)
• Vietnamese: tam quyền phân lập (vi)

See also

• separation of duties