nongovernmental
adjective
non·gov·ern·men·tal
ˌnän-ˌgə-vər(n)-ˈmen-tᵊl 
: not of or relating to government or a particular government : not governmental
nongovernmental organizations/groups
Many people who are concerned about development are turning to nongovernmental methods of dealing with it.—
William H. MacLeish
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The same holds for one’s ability to buy or rent private housing, attend nonstate schools, or form nongovernmental organizations.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Florida steps up To address this problem, Florida in 2023 passed Senate Bill 7064, a law requiring all state and local government agencies and nongovernmental organizations that receive federal or state funding to send their human trafficking data to the USF TIP lab.
—Joan A. Reid, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, a congressional resolution created 8,000 new visas for Afghans who helped U.S. forces and other nongovernmental organizations as well as Afghans who may have faced persecution.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Messaging services such as Signal were also affected, prompting Article 19, a nongovernmental organization that promotes freedom of expression, to warn of the democratic consequences of such outages.
—Ben Goggin, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Florida steps up To address this problem, Florida in 2023 passed Senate Bill 7064, a law requiring all state and local government agencies and nongovernmental organizations that receive federal or state funding to send their human trafficking data to the USF TIP lab.
—Joan A. Reid, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, a congressional resolution created 8,000 new visas for Afghans who helped U.S. forces and other nongovernmental organizations as well as Afghans who may have faced persecution.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Messaging services such as Signal were also affected, prompting Article 19, a nongovernmental organization that promotes freedom of expression, to warn of the democratic consequences of such outages.
—Ben Goggin, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nongovernmental
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“Nongovernmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nongovernmental. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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