authorities

1. The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (synset 108067430)
   "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
   referred to in: administration, governance, governing, government, government activity - the act of governing; exercising authority
   is a type of: polity - a politically organized unit
   subtypes:

   • authoritarian regime, authoritarian state - a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people
   • bureaucracy - a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
   • ancien regime - a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
   • court, royal court - the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
   • downing street - the British government
   • empire - a group of countries under a single authority
   • federal government - a government with strong central powers
   • government-in-exile - a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated
   • local government - the government of a local area
   • military government, stratocracy - government by the military and an army
   • palace - the governing group of a kingdom
   • papacy, pontificate - the government of the Roman Catholic Church
   • pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state - a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
   • state - the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
   • state government - the government of a state in the United States
   • totalitarian state, totalitation regime - a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures
   member holonym:

   • government department - a department of government
   • general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature - persons who make or amend or repeal laws
   • executive - persons who administer the law
   • bench, judiciary - persons who administer justice
   • division - an administrative unit in government or business
   • government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government
   has:

   • administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
   • judicatory, judicature, judicial system, judiciary - the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
   same as: government, regime

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