government

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. regime, administration; control, rule, regulation; state, economy; kingship, regency, etc. See authority.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The process of governing]

Syn. rule, control, command, regulation, administration, bureaucracy, direction, equity, dominion, sway, authority, jurisdiction, hegemony, suzerainty, sovereignty, prerogative, polity, direction, power, management, authorization, patronage, mastery, predominance, superiority, supervision, superintendence, magistracy, supremacy, domination, preponderance, ascendancy, influence, presidency, politics, regimentation, state, statecraft, political practice, caretaker government, governmental procedure; see also administration .

2. [The instrument of governing]

Syn. administration, assembly, legislature, congress, cabinet, executive power, regime, supreme authority, ministry, party, chamber, council, parliament, senate, department of justice, soviet, diet, synod, convocation, convention, court, directory, house.

Types of government include: absolute monarchy, dictatorship, empire, tyranny, fascism, imperialism, colonialism, despotism, limited monarchy, constitutional monarchy, hereditary kingship, oligarchy, aristocracy, democracy, popular government, representative government, democratic socialism, communism, socialism, party government. Divisions of government include: state, province, kingdom, territory, colony, dominion, commonwealth, soviet, republic, shire, city, county, canton, town, village, hamlet, township, municipality, principality, precinct, borough, commune, ward, district, suburb, department, arrondissement, département ( both French), nome, nomarchy, Parish.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

regulation, administration, governing body, control, *Big Brother, Washington, *Uncle Sam, the state, *powers that be, management, supervision, guidance, bureaucracy, rule, command, reign, authority, leadership, dictatorship, regime, senate, congress, ministry. The biggest organized social effort for dealing with social problems.''—Felix Frankfurter. The people.''— John Quincy Adams. The Santa Claus of something-for-nothing and something-for-everyone.''—Barry Goldwater. A kind of gangsterism.''—Frank Lloyd Wright.

WORD FIND

• absence of: anarchy

• authoritarian: totalitarianism

• autonomy: sovereignty

• betrayal of: treason

• citizens in authority: commonwealth, democracy, republic

• clergy, headed by: hierocracy, theocracy, hagiarchy

• dictated by one ruler or small group: dictatorship, despotism, tyranny

• experts, by: technocracy

• female: matriarchy, gynarchy, gynecocracy

• king’s: monarchy

• male lineage, handed down through: patriarchy

• Medieval system of lords and vassals: feudalism

• military, by: stratocracy, martial law

• oppressive, one-party system: fascism

• preserving cultural diversity: pluralism

• privileged class, by: aristocracy, oligarchy, plutocracy

• secret police, controlled by: police state

• seizure of: coup d’etat

• self-governing: autonomous

• without: acracy

see congress, election, politics

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The continuous exercise of authority over a political unit: administration, control, direction, governance, rule. See CONTROL, POLITICS. 2. A system by which a political unit is controlled: governance, regime, rule. See POLITICS. 3. Authoritative control over the affairs of others: administration, direction, management, superintendence, supervision. See OVER.