government

[guhv-ern-muhnt, ‑er-muhnt] / ˈgʌv ərn mənt, ‑ər mənt /

NOUN

management, administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authority law ministry politics power regime rule state union

STRONG

Washington bureaucracy command control direction domination dominion empire execution executive governance guidance influence jurisdiction patronage polity predominance presidency regency regimentation regulation restraint sovereignty statecraft superintendence superiority supervision supremacy sway

WEAK

Uncle Sam political practice powers that be the feds

Antonyms

STRONG

inferiority opposition powerlessness submission subservience weakness

WEAK

anarchy chaos coup insurrection lawlessness mutiny revolt revolution

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The assistant attorney general added that the legal case showed the value that the US government placed on "the integrity of its naturalisation process".

From BBC

He said the Syrian government was "fully in support".

From BBC

Kennedy has worked this year to overhaul the federal government’s approach to vaccines.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a legal scholar in the 1970s, Jerome A. Cohen brought American ideas about law to Deng Xiaoping’s government.

From The Wall Street Journal

The loan—backed by an 800 million-pound financial guarantee from the U.K. government’s National Wealth Fund—will support four major grid upgrade projects in Scotland.

From The Wall Street Journal

government

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