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government self-government student government

Main Entry: gov·ern·ment
Pronunciation: gv-r(n)-mnt, gb-m-nt, gv-mnt
Function: noun
1 a : the act or process of governing; especially : direction of a political unit b : the making of policy as distinguished from the administration of policy decisions
2 a : the agency through which a political unit exercises authority b : manner of governing : the institutions, laws, and customs through which a political unit is governed <republican government>
3 a : the officials making up the governing body of a political unit b capitalized : the executive branch of the U.S. federal government
4 : POLITICAL SCIENCE
- government adjective
- gov·ern·men·tal /gv-r(n)-ment-l/ adjective
- gov·ern·men·tal·ly /-l-/ adverb

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