powers that be

Main Entry:
bureaucracy [byoo-rok-ruh-see]
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
Related Words
Main Entry: establishment
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
at anchor, domesticated, embosomed, ensconced, imbedded, moored, placed, posited, rooted, situate, unremoved, vested in
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