Government synonyms
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(Theater) The director's plan for achieving certain effects, as of acting, lighting, etc.
(US) The House of Representatives, "the House".
The act of administering; management; specif., the management of governmental or institutional affairs
Management or administration marked by hierarchical authority among numerous offices and by fixed procedures:
Power assigned to another; authorization:
The predominance of one state or social group over others.
The condition or state of being predominant; ascendancy, domination, preeminence or preponderance
The legislature of the U.S., consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives
The analytical study of public policy and policies, past, present, and prospective.
Government; reign; control
(Law) Resort to general principles of fairness and justice whenever existing law is inadequate
A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.
The extent of authority or control:
suzerainty
The power or domain of a suzerain.
A territory existing as an independent state.
The form of government of a nation, state, church, or organization.
A person or thing having great influence, force, or authority
The person or persons who control or direct a business or other enterprise.
Legal power or right; sanction
The distribution of offices or other favors through this power
The state of being superior
Responsible oversight.
The act of superintending; supervision
magistracy
The collective body of magistrates.
A dominating or being dominated; rule; control; ascendancy
Superiority in importance, influence, or weight.
The process or period of one's ascent
(Astrol.) The flowing of an ethereal fluid or power from the stars, affecting people's character and actions
The office or function of president
The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
The act of regimenting.
A specific kind of government:
political practice
The process of governing
caretaker-government
(Politics) A type of government that rules temporarily.
governmental procedure
The process of governing
(Computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
An officially elected or otherwise selected body of people vested with the responsibility and power to make laws for a political unit, such as a state or nation.
A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
executive power
The instrument of governing
A social system or order
supreme authority
The instrument of governing
Ministers of religion collectively; clergy
A room in a house, especially a bedroom.
(Historical) Parliament cake; a type of gingerbread.
(Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
The instrument of governing
Any of the various governing councils that performed executive and legislative functions in the Soviet Union: in structure the soviets formed a pyramid, with the village and town soviets as its base and the as its apex
A formal general assembly of the princes or estates of the Holy Roman Empire.
An assembly or meeting.
A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates
Court is defined as an uncovered area partially or completely surrounded by structures.
A book of directions, as for church service
Favorable to or advocating federation:
Relating to governing.
Of or relating to a governor.
statal
Relating to any nation-state.
Governance is defined as the decisions and actions of the people who run a school, nation, city or business.
anarchy (antonym)
(Uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
subjection (antonym)
The state of being subjected.
chaos (antonym)
(Mathematics) A dynamical system that has a sensitive dependence on its initial conditions.
lawlessness (antonym)
revolution (antonym)
The definition of a revolution is the movement of one object around a center or another object, a forceful overthrow of a government by the people or any sudden or grand change.
coup (antonym)
Among certain Native American peoples, a feat of bravery performed in battle, especially the touching of an enemy's body without causing injury.
mutiny (antonym)
Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.
revolt (antonym)
The state of a person or persons in rebellion:
insurrection (antonym)
The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
control (related)
Authority or ability to manage or direct:
the act of governing; exercising authority
the act of governing; exercising authority
Plural form of authority
A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.
(--- Brit.) The administrative body of a county, town, city, district, etc.
A district governed or represented by a Protestant synod
A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
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