government

Meaning

Noun

• The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
• The relationship between a word and its dependents.
• The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
• The management or control of a system.
• The tenure of a chief of state.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• big government
• federal government
• local government
• military government
• minority government
• municipal government
• parliamentary government
• petticoat government
• puppet government
• representative government
• shadow government
• unitary government

Origin

• From Middle English governement, from Old French governement (modern French gouvernement), from governer (see govern) + -ment.
• Morphologically govern + -ment