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noun
A complete set of institutions, political organizations, interest groups (such as political parties, trade unions, lobby groups), the relationships between those institutions and the political norms and rules that govern their functions (constitution, election law).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A system composed of the members of a social organization (group) who are in power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the members of a social organization who are in power
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: form of government
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Broader terms: social group
Narrower terms: autocracy, autarchy, constitutionalism, democracy, republic, commonwealth, diarchy, dyarchy, gerontocracy, gynecocracy, gynarchy, hegemony, mobocracy, ochlocracy, oligarchy, plutocracy, technocracy, theocracy
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Across languages
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