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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved in managing or using power |
| Synonyms: | authoritative, bureaucratic, central, commanding, controlling, deciding, decisive, departmental, directing, directive, directorial, executive, governing, governmental, in charge, in control, jurisdictional, legislative, managerial, official, organizational, policy-making, presiding, regulative, regulatory, ruling, superintending, supervising, supervisory |
| Main Entry: | judicial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | legal |
| Synonyms: | administrative, authoritative, constitutional, discriminating, distinguished, equitable, forensic, impartial, judgelike, judiciary, juridical, jurisdictional, juristic, lawful, legalistic, magisterial, official, pontifical, principled, regular, statutory |
| Notes: | judicial means 'pertaining to judges or the courts' and judicious means 'prudent, carefully considered'; judicial refers to judgment as it is exercised by the court, judicious to judgment as exercised by an individual |
| Main Entry: | governing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commanding |
| Synonyms: | absolute, administrative, ascendant, authoritative, conducting, controlling, determining, directing, dominant, dominating, executive, gubernatorial, guiding, influential, magisterial, mastering, ordering, overseeing, presidential, regulatory, restraining, ruling, superintending, supervisory, supreme |
| Antonyms: | powerless, subordinate, tributary |
| Main Entry: | governmental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | political |
| Synonyms: | administrative, bureaucratic, executive, gubernatorial, legal, legislative, magisterial, official, presidential, regulatory, sovereign, supervisory |
| Main Entry: | regulatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supervisory |
| Synonyms: | administrative, governing, managerial, managing, regulative |
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