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governance
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gov·er·nance

noun \ˈgə-vər-nən(t)s\

Definition of GOVERNANCE

: government
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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

Other Government and Politics Terms

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

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