English noun: governing |
1. | governing (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, government, 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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