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

His victory came in a city where the power structure was mostly white. —Olivia Almagro, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026

His arrival and ascendance to being that go-to guy for all sorts of goodies upsets established power structures. —Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026

The deaths of senior figures and the weakening of long-standing power structures have accelerated a struggle over the country’s political direction. —Pegah Banihashemi, Time, 10 Apr. 2026

Capricorn Neptune in Capricorn merges dreams with ambition and power structures. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 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