form of government

Noun
  1. The members of a social organization who are in power (synset 108384807)
    is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
    subtypes:
    • autarchy, autocracy - a political system governed by a single individual
    • constitutionalism - a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)
    • commonwealth, democracy, republic - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
    • diarchy, dyarchy - a form of government having two joint rulers
    • gerontocracy - a political system governed by old men
    • gynarchy, gynecocracy - a political system governed by a woman
    • hegemony - the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
    • mobocracy, ochlocracy - a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
    • oligarchy - a political system governed by a few people
    • plutocracy - a political system governed by the wealthy people
    • republic - a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
    • technocracy - a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
    • theocracy - a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
    member holonym:
    belongs to: social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure - the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
    same as: political system

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