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powers that be
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system which controls organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, beadledom, city hall, civil service, directorate, government, management, ministry, officialdom, officials, powers that be, red tape, regulatory commission, the Establishment, the system |
| Main Entry: | red tape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bureaucratic rules |
| Synonyms: | City Hall, authority, bureaucracy, bureaucratic paperwork, city hall, government, management, official forms, official procedures, officialdom, officialism, paper shuffling, powers that be, proper channels, regulatory commission, the Establishment, the system |
| Main Entry: | power structure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management hierarchy |
| Synonyms: | class structure, corridors of power, establishment, hierarchy, interests, managerial hierarchy, power elite, powers that be, ruling class, status system, stratification |
| Main Entry: | government |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management, administration |
| Synonyms: | Uncle Sam, Washington, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, governance, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, political practice, politics, polity, power, powers-that-be, predominance, presidency, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, statecraft, superintendence, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, the feds, union |
| Antonyms: | anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution |
| Main Entry: | governance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, political practice, politics, polity, power, powers-that-be, predominanc |
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| Main Entry: | establishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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