/ English Dictionary

GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of governing; exercising authority

Example:

he had considerable experience of government

Synonyms:

administration; governance; governing; government; government activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("government activity" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Domain member category:

minimalist (advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics))

unitary (characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority)

federal (characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities)

allegiant (steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government))

progressive; reform-minded; reformist (favoring or promoting reform (often by government action))

anarchy; lawlessness (a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government))

office; power ((of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power)

zero-coupon bond; zero coupon bond (a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security)

bounty; premium (payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military)

event planner (someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials))

authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)

manifesto; pronunciamento (a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government))

paternalism (the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good)

government; political science; politics (the study of government of states and other political units)

government ((government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed)

protest march (occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license)

destabilisation; destabilization (the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy))

devolution; devolvement (the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government))

price-fixing (control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce)

squandermania (prodigious squandering (usually by a government))

land reform (a redistribution of agricultural land (especially by government action))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "government activity"):

misgovernment; misrule (government that is inefficient or dishonest)

lawmaking; legislating; legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)

trust busting ((law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws))

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