Governmental
[,ɡʌvɚn'mɛntl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state; 'governmental policy'; 'public confidence and governmental morale' .
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Definition
(a.) Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
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Examples
- We have elaborate governmental mechanisms--like the tariff, for example, which we go on making more scientific year in, year out--having long since lost sight of their human purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The greatest incentive in modern times to the production of inventions is governmental protection. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Governmental Protection the Greatest Incentive. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Vatican and the Patent Office are governmental noses, and they bear a deal of character about them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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