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government

/ government /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of governing; exercising authority
"regulations for the governing of state prisons"
"he had considerable experience of government"
Type of:
social control
Kinds of:
misgovernment misrule legislation legislating lawmaking
Derived:
govern rule
noun Sense 2
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
"tyrannical government"
Type of:
system system of rules
Derived:
regulate regularize regularise order govern
Domain:
government governing governance
noun Sense 3
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
"the government reduced taxes"
"the matter was referred to higher authorities"
Type of:
polity
Kinds of:
ancien regime court royal court Downing Street empire
Derived:
govern rule
Domain:
government governing governance
noun Sense 4
the study of government of states and other political units
Type of:
social science
Kinds of:
geopolitics realpolitik practical politics
Domain:
government governing governance
Semantic Complexity
64%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
27
Times Searched
3
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social control misgovernment misrule legislation legislating lawmaking system system of rules polity ancien regime court royal court