government

Roget category 737a

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#737a. Government

noun

government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority — authority etc. 737 — master etc. 745 — direction etc. 693.
[nations] national government, nation, state, country, nation-state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic — kingdom, principality.
[subdivisions of nations] state government [Lat.], state — shire [Brit.] — province [Can.] — county [Ire.] — canton [Switz.] — territory [Austral.] — duchy, archduchy, archdukedom^† — woiwodshaft — commonwealth — region etc. 181 — property etc. 780.
[smaller subdivisions] county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement [Fr.], mofussil^†, commune — wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth^†, soke^†, tithing — ward, precinct, bailiwick.
command, empire, sway, rule — dominion, domination — sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty — lordship, headship^† — chiefdom^† — seigniory, seigniority^†.
rule, sway, command, control, administer — govern etc. (direct) 693 — lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne — sway the scepter, wield the scepter — wear the crown.
state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus [Lat.].
[person in the governing authority] judicature etc. 965 — cabinet etc. (council) 696 — seat of government, seat of authority — headquarters.
[Acquisition of authority] accession — installation etc. 755 — politics etc. 737.1. reign, regime, dynasty — directorship, dictatorship — protectorate, protectorship — caliphate, pashalic^†, electorate — presidency, presidentship^† — administration — proconsul, consulship — prefecture — seneschalship — magistrature^†, magistracy.
monarchy — kinghood^†, kingship — royalty, regality — aristarchy^†, aristocracy — oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy — commonwealth — dominion — heteronomy — republic, republicanism — socialism — collectivism — mob law, mobocracy^†, ochlocracy^† — vox populi, imperium in imperio [Lat.] — bureaucracy — beadledom^†, bumbledom^† — stratocracy — military power, military government, junta — feodality^†, feudal system, feudalism.
thearchy^†, theocracy, dinarchy^† — duarchy^†, triarchy, heterarchy^† — duumvirate — triumvirate — autocracy, autonomy — limited monarchy — constitutional government, constitutional monarchy — home rule — representative government — monocracy^†, pantisocracy^†.
gynarchy^†, gynocracy^†, gynaeocracy^† — petticoat government.
[government functions] legislature, judiciary, administration.
[Government agencies and institutions] office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet — senate, house of representatives, parliament — council etc. 696 — courts, supreme court — [U.S. national government departments], state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury — Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI — Central Intelligence Agency, CIA — National Institutes of Health, NIH — Postal Service, Post Office — Federal Aviation Administration, FAA.
[national government officials] president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister — senator, representatative, president pro tem [Lat.], speaker of the house — department head, section head, section chief — federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice — treasurer, secretary of the treasury — director of the FBI.
[state government officials] governor, state cabinet member — state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman.

verb

govern, rule, have authority, hold authority, possess authority, exercise authority, exert authority, wield authority etc. n. — reign, be sovereign.
[acquire authority] ascend the throne, mount the throne — take the reins, take the reins into one's hand — assume authority etc. n., assume the reins of government — take command, assume command.
[contend for authority] politics etc. 737.1. be governed by, be in the power of, be a subject of, be a citizen of.

adjective

regal, sovereign, governing — royal, royalist — monarchical, kingly — imperial, imperiatorial^† — princely — feudal — aristocratic, autocratic — oligarchic etc. n. — republican, dynastic.
ruling etc. v. — regnant, gubernatorial — imperious — authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute — hegemonic, hegemonical^† — authorized etc. (due) 924.
[pertaining to property owned by government] government, public — national, federal — his majesty's [Brit.], her majesty's — state, county, city, etc.

noun

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phrase

a dog's obeyed in office" [Lear]; cada uno tiene su alguazil [Sp.] — le Roi le veut [Fr.] — regibus esse manus en nescio longas [Lat.] — regnant populi [Lat.] — the demigod Authority [Lat.Tran] [Measure for Measure]; the right divine of kings to govern wrong" [Pope]; uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" [Henry IV].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

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