government

n. ruling of a country or area; political control; group of people that rule a country or area; rule, authority

For the 'government' in parliamentary systems, see Executive (government) A government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.Depending on closeness to those who are governed and their holds all the power, a government consists of different levels including: local governments, regional governments and national governments. This category includes absolute monarchies, as well as dictatorships.In oligarchies power is held by a small group of people who share the same interests. Democracies are governments where the people as a whole, hold the power. It may be exercised by them (direct democracy), or through representatives chosen by them (representative democracy).Anarchy is a lack of government or imposed rule.
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(n.)
The right or power of governing; authority.
  

(n.)
The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
  

(n.)
The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
  

(n.)
The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
  

(n.)
The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
  

(n.)
The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
  

(n.)
Management of the limbs or body.
  

Noun
1. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
(synonym) authorities, regime
(hypernym) polity
(hyponym) ancien regime
(member-meronym) government department
(part-meronym) administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
(derivation) govern, rule
(classification) governing, governance, government activity
2. (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"
(hypernym) system, system of rules
(derivation) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
(classification) governing, governance, government activity
3. the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
(synonym) governing, governance, government activity
(hypernym) social control
(hyponym) misgovernment, misrule
(derivation) govern
(class) progressive, reformist, reform-minded
4. the study of government of states and other political units
(synonym) politics, political science
(hypernym) social science
(hyponym) geopolitics
(classification) governing, governance, government activity
(class) minimalist

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