Government
Government noun - Lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation).
Usage example: government by the people, for the people
Reign and government are semantically related in political power topic. In some cases you can use "Reign" instead a noun "Government".
Reign
Reign noun - Controlling power or influence over others.
Government and reign are semantically related in political power topic. Sometimes you can use "Government" instead a noun "Reign".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- power and government
- power and reign
- direction and government
- direction and reign
- supervision and government
- supervision and reign
- management and government
- management and reign
- control and government
- control and reign
- administration and government
- administration and reign
- leadership and government
- leadership and reign
How words are described
| old | old government | old reign |
| stable | stable government | stable reign |
| future | future government | future reign |
| legitimate | legitimate government | legitimate reign |
| Other adjectives: single, strong, entire, oppressive, tyrannical, new, organized, previous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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However, the "federal government" of the Khanate was unable to reign in the three Hordes and for most of its existence the Hordes were de facto independent.
Source: Useful Notes / Kazakhstan - They then degenerated into infighting, so there was no central government to reign in the various warlords.
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Several of these, but the most prominent one was the Crayven who was the main pusher for colonisation, had a military force that rivalled (or even surpassed) the government of Earth, produced everything and had more or less free reign in the frontier colonies.
Source: Mega Corp.
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