power structure

noun

1

: a group of persons having control of an organization : establishment

2

: the hierarchical interrelationships existing within a controlling group

Examples of power structure in a Sentence

The parade won't happen without the approval of the city's power structure.

Women in the company are struggling for equality against the male power structure.

They are making changes to the power structure of the church.

Recent Examples on the Web

Aegon's on the run, Aemond's making psychotic decisions from the Iron Throne, and young mom/grandma Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) is trying to maintain a sense of control in a power structure that has left her without agency. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026

At the end of the day, the power structure that’s here—they’re the only people that still know how to run this country, make things work. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Access is not the same as enforcement, and technology can reinforce existing power structures as well as challenge them. — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

But many shifting to a more balanced power structure seen in most California cities, including San Jose. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for power structure

• infrastructure
• macrostructure
• microstructure
• nanostructure
• superstructure
• ultrastructure
• restructure
• substructure