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GOVERNMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of governing; exercising authority
Example:
he had considerable experience of government
Synonyms:
administration; governance; governing; government; government activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("government" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Domain member category:
minimalist (advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics))
unitary (characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority)
federal (characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities)
allegiant (steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government))
progressive; reform-minded; reformist (favoring or promoting reform (often by government action))
anarchy; lawlessness (a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government))
office; power ((of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power)
zero-coupon bond; zero coupon bond (a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security)
bounty; premium (payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military)
event planner (someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials))
land reform (a redistribution of agricultural land (especially by government action))
squandermania (prodigious squandering (usually by a government))
price-fixing (control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce)
devolution; devolvement (the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government))
destabilisation; destabilization (the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy))
protest march (occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license)
government ((government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed)
government; political science; politics (the study of government of states and other political units)
paternalism (the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good)
manifesto; pronunciamento (a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government))
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "government"):
misgovernment; misrule (government that is inefficient or dishonest)
lawmaking; legislating; legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)
trust busting ((law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws))
Derivation:
govern (direct or strongly influence the behavior of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
Example:
tyrannical government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("government" is a kind of...):
system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)
Domain category:
administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)
Derivation:
govern (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The study of government of states and other political units
Synonyms:
government; political science; politics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("government" is a kind of...):
social science (the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society)
Domain category:
administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)
Domain member category:
civilisation; civilization (a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations))
side (one of two or more contesting groups)
assassin; assassinator; bravo (a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed)
muckraker; mudslinger (one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage))
fencesitter; independent; mugwump (a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics))
regular (a dependable follower (especially in party politics))
coattails effect ((politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party)
war chest (a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign))
Sturm und Drang; turbulence; upheaval (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally))
minimalist (advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics))
bolt (a sudden abandonment (as from a political party))
politics (the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs)
mandate (the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory)
patronage ((politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support)
demonstration; manifestation (a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature))
cabal; conspiracy (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
catechism (a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views)
nominating address; nominating speech; nomination (an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election)
combination (an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes))
Soviets (the government of the Soviet Union)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "government"):
geopolitics (the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state)
practical politics; realpolitik (politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
Example:
the matter was referred to higher authorities
Synonyms:
authorities; government; regime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("government" is a kind of...):
polity (a politically organized unit)
Meronyms (parts of "government"):
administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)
judicatory; judicature; judicial system; judiciary (the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government)
Meronyms (members of "government"):
government officials; officialdom (people elected or appointed to administer a government)
division (an administrative unit in government or business)
bench; judiciary (persons who administer justice)
executive (persons who administer the law)
general assembly; law-makers; legislative assembly; legislative body; legislature (persons who make or amend or repeal laws)
government department (a department of government)
Domain category:
administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "government"):
totalitarian state; totalitation regime (a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures)
state government (the government of a state in the United States)
state (the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state)
pupet regime; puppet government; puppet state (a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed)
papacy; pontificate (the government of the Roman Catholic Church)
palace (the governing group of a kingdom)
military government; stratocracy (government by the military and an army)
local government (the government of a local area)
government-in-exile (a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated)
federal government (a government with strong central powers)
empire (a group of countries under a single authority)
Downing Street (the British government)
court; royal court (the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state)
ancien regime (a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution))
bureaucracy (a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials)
authoritarian regime; authoritarian state (a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people)
Derivation:
govern (exercise authority over; as of nations)
Context examples:
Since then, the government has reported more cases of measles, including 165 in the single day before the shutdown began.
(Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive, Wikinews)
Released to the scientific community, the map visualizes data gathered by U.S. government sensors from 1994 to 2013.
(New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population, NASA)
In the UK, the government included voluntary menu labelling in its Public Health Responsibility Deal in 2011.
(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)
A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government.
(County, NCI Thesaurus)
A penal institution maintained by the government.
(Correctional Institute, NCI Thesaurus)
His role varies from country to country, but he is usually employed by a government agency.
(Community Physician, NCI Thesaurus)
The Amazon lost 7,989 square kilometres of rainforest between August 2015 and July 2016, according to a survey published by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) based on late 2016 government data.
(Amazon lost 7,989 km² of forest in 12 months, Agência Brasil)
According to the government, the measures were based on recent scientific evidence on the effects of Zika's infection on the baby development.
(Brazil: Babies of mothers infected with Zika will be monitored for up to 3 years, Agência Brasil)
The DHHS works with state and local governments throughout the country to do research and provide public health services, food and drug safety programs, health insurance programs, and many other services.
(DHHS, NCI Dictionary)
Very strong and progressive government regulation would be necessary to achieve the proposed transformations.
(Model shows pathway to feeding the world, SciDev.Net)
