power structure

NOUN

management hierarchy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hierarchy ruling class

WEAK

class structure corridors of power establishment interests managerial hierarchy power elite powers that be status system stratification

Example Sentences

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"I don't think it would affect the power structure in Cuba very much anymore. He's 94," Isacson said.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Q: You've said that this book seeks to exorcize the power structure in Nicaragua.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

In the early 1920s, Tojo joined other young officers to break the army’s old-school power structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Within the current U.S. power structure, Baconi’s arguments are controversial.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2025

Scythe Faraday had told them enough about the power structure of the Scythedom for Rowan to know that much.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman