English noun: government |
| 1. | government (group) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit |
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| Samples | The government reduced taxes.
The matter was referred to higher authorities.
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| Synonyms | authorities, regime |
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| Broader (hypernym) | polity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ancien regime, authoritarian regime, authoritarian state, bureaucracy, court, Downing Street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government, military government, palace, papacy, pontificate, pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state, royal court, state, state government, stratocracy, totalitarian state, totalitation regime |
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| Part holonym | administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, judicatory, judicature, judicial system, judiciary, organisation, organization |
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| Member holonym | bench, division, executive, general assembly, government department, government officials, judiciary, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, officialdom |
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| Domain category | administration, governance, governing, government, government activity |
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| 2. | government (act) the act of governing; exercising authority |
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| Samples | Regulations for the governing of state prisons.
He had considerable experience of government.
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| Synonyms | administration, governance, governing, government activity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | social control |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | lawmaking, legislating, legislation, misgovernment, misrule, trust busting |
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| Domain category members | allegiant, anarchy, authorities, bounty, destabilisation, destabilization, devolution, devolvement, event planner, federal, government, government, government, land reform, lawlessness, manifesto, minimalist, office, paternalism, political science, politics, power, premium, price-fixing, progressive, pronunciamento, protest march, reform-minded, reformist, regime, squandermania, unitary, zero coupon bond, zero-coupon bond |
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| 3. | government (cognition) (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed |
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| Samples | Tyrannical government.
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| Broader (hypernym) | system, system of rules |
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| Domain category | administration, governance, governing, government, government activity |
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| 4. | government (cognition) the study of government of states and other political units |
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| Synonyms | political science, politics |
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| Broader (hypernym) | social science |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | geopolitics, practical politics, realpolitik |
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| Domain category | administration, governance, governing, government, government activity |
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| Domain category members | assassin, assassinator, bolt, bravo, cabal, catechism, civilisation, civilization, coattails effect, combination, conspiracy, demonstration, fencesitter, independent, mandate, manifestation, minimalist, muckraker, mudslinger, mugwump, nominating address, nominating speech, nomination, patronage, politics, regular, side, Soviets, Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval, war chest |
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