authorities

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noun

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (Freq. 10)
- the government reduced taxes
- the matter was referred to higher authorities
• Syn:
government, regime
• Derivationally related forms:
govern (for: government)
• Topics:
government, governing, governance, government activity, administration
• Hypernyms:
polity
• Hyponyms:
authoritarian state, authoritarian regime, bureaucracy, ancien regime, court,
royal court, Downing Street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government,
military government, stratocracy, palace, papacy, pontificate, puppet government,
puppet state, pupet regime, state, state government, totalitarian state, totalitation regime
• Member Meronyms:
government department, legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly,
general assembly, executive, judiciary, bench, division,
government officials, officialdom
• Part Meronyms:
administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass,
organization, organisation, judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial system