authorities

Synonyms:

government, regime

Examples:

Washington

the federal government of the United States

Types:

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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

Court of Saint James's

the British royal court

Porte, Sublime Porte

the Ottoman court in Constantinople

Soviets

the government of the Soviet Union

welfare state

a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.

municipal government

the government of a municipality

town meeting

government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters

U.S., U.S. government, US Government, United States, United States government

the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States

Type of:

polity

a politically organized unit