governance

gov·er·nance

noun \ˈgə-vər-nən(t)s\

Definition of GOVERNANCE

: government

Examples of GOVERNANCE

1. They have very different approaches to the governance of the city.
2. <after World War II, the four Allied nations shared the governance of the territory of postwar Germany under the Allied Control Council>

First Known Use of GOVERNANCE

14th century

Related to GOVERNANCE

Synonyms: administration, authority, rule, government, jurisdiction, regime (also régime), regimen

Related Words: reign; dominion, power, sovereignty (also sovranty), supremacy, sway; command, leadership; direction, management, regulation, superintendence, supervision; autocracy, dictatorship, domination, hegemony, mastery, oppression, subjugation, tyranny

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Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism