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

The board-level gains created the appearance of progress without touching the underlying power structure. —Caroline Fairchild, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

And then Grisebach uses that distaff twist once again, to comment more broadly on the patriarchal nature and gendered violence of power structures corrupted by historical conflict. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 May 2026

The biggest difference looming over everything is that the head coach is at the top of the organization’s new power structure. —Dan Duggan, New York Times, 21 May 2026

The Republican race has played out as a face-off between the power structures of conservative Texas politics. —Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 20 May 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