Governance
Governance noun - Lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation).
Usage example: after World War II, the four Allied nations shared the governance of the territory of postwar Germany under the Allied Control Council
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Synonyms for Governance
Tyranny and governance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tyranny" instead a noun "Governance".
Tyranny
Tyranny noun - A system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power.
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Synonyms for Tyranny
Governance and tyranny are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Governance" instead a noun "Tyranny".
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Related pairs
- power and governance
- power and tyranny
- control and governance
- control and tyranny
- influence and governance
- influence and tyranny
- command and governance
- command and tyranny
- rule and governance
- rule and tyranny
- authority and governance
- authority and tyranny
- government and governance
- government and tyranny
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Obstructive Bureaucrat: Ironically, the Second Russian Revolution, built upon a foundation of local control and tossing out the top-down tyranny of the central government, leaves rampant bureaucracy as its main flaw, precisely because of its localism and hyper-democratic system of governance.
Source: Literature / Malê Rising
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