Government
['gʌv(ə)n,m(ə)nt;'gʌvəm(ə)nt] or ['ɡʌvɚnmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of governing; exercising authority; 'regulations for the governing of state prisons'; 'he had considerable experience of government'.
(noun.) (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; 'tyrannical government'.
(noun.) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; 'the government reduced taxes'; 'the matter was referred to higher authorities'.
Editor: Myra--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
(n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
(n.) The right or power of governing; authority.
(n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
(n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
(n.) Management of the limbs or body.
(n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
Edited by Johanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rule, management, regulation, conduct.[2]. Direction, guidance.[3]. Control, restraint, sway, dominion.[4]. Polity, commonwealth, state, form of sovereignty, body politic.[5]. Administration, body of executive officers, ruling power, powers that be.
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Examples
- I join to it the conception of a particular government, and religion, and manners. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- For the easy expression of public opinion in government is a clue to what services are needed and a test of their success. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Undoubtedly, he said, the form of government which you describe is a mixture of good and evil. Plato. The Republic.
- The same notion lies imbedded in the phrase: government must serve the people. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In order to answer this question, let us recollect what we have already established concerning the origin of government and political society. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- You can beat Tammany Hall permanently in one way--by making the government of a city as human, as kindly, as jolly as Tammany Hall. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The German government paid $1,250,000 into the Zeppelin fund for experiments, and contributed a large sum in addition to the maintenance of a balloon corps. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The coinage of the United States mints since the organization of the government has amounted to nearly 6,000,000,000 pieces, valued at over $4,000,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But the government of King William was not then fully settled. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If we are discouraged it is because we tend to identify statecraft with that official government which is merely one of its instruments. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The acquisition of valuable and extensive property, therefore, necessarily requires the establishment of civil government. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We stand up for self-government, and oppose centralisation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He then laid a telegraph from Washington to Baltimore under the auspices of the United States Government, which after long hesitation appropriated $30,000 for the purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For our political language was made to express a routine conception of government. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So soon as a government departs from that standard, it ceases to be anything more than the gang in possession, and its days are numbered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Forty-Niners took revolvers to California, foreign governments sent orders for them, and armories were built in England and in Russia for their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The moving spirit in this conspiracy of governments against peoples was the Austrian statesman, Metternich. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Governments have to be carried on by men, however much we distrust them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This is said to be a common practice in Turkey, in Indostan, and, I believe, in most other governments of Asia. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The League is at present a mere partial league of governments and states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was the men without the Marxian vision of growth and discipline who were forever trying to lead little marauding bands against the governments of Europe. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Everywhere governments had been borrowing and issuing paper promises to pay interest, more interest than they could conveniently raise. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whenever governments enter upon foreign invasions in order to avoid civil wars, the same trick is practiced. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The relation of good men to their governments is so peculiar, that in order to defend them I must take an illustration from the world of fiction. Plato. The Republic.
- Nothing more on that subject, he replied; but I should like to know which of the governments now existing is in your opinion the one adapted to her. Plato. The Republic.
- The parsimony which leads to accumulation has become almost as rare in republican as in monarchical governments. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Apart from this imperial right-of-way and the payment of tribute, the local governments possessed a very considerable amount of local freedom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in perspective there can be little question that of all governments democracy is the most relevant. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The airs these little insect Governments put on are in the last degree ridiculous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is clear that the earliest civilized governments were essentially priestly governments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Rodney