form of government

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form of government - the members of a social organization who are in power

social group - people sharing some social relation

party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

political entity, political unit - a unit with political responsibilities

autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual

constitutionalism - a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)

republic, democracy, commonwealth - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

diarchy, dyarchy - a form of government having two joint rulers

gerontocracy - a political system governed by old men

gynarchy, gynecocracy - a political system governed by a woman

hegemony - the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation"; "to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony"; "the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system"

mobocracy, ochlocracy - a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses

oligarchy - a political system governed by a few people; "one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy"; "the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen"

plutocracy - a political system governed by the wealthy people

republic - a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"

technocracy - a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control; "technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge"

theocracy - a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure - the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"

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-crat absolutism autarchy authoritarianism autocracy Caesarism civil order Communist Party constitutionalism democracy despotism diarchy dictatorship dyarchy federal government government activity gynarchy matriarchate	Let me add that it is the great desideratum by which this form of government can be rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored, and be recommended to the esteem and adoption of mankind. Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context And here we will make a concession, which would not perhaps have been expected from us, that no limited form of government is capable of rising to the same degree of perfection, or of producing the same benefits to society, with this. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. The Declaration of Independence by History Documents View in context	Forlese Forlet Forlì Forlie Forlore forlorn forlorn hope forlornly Forlornness Forlye form form bubbles form class form criticism form division form drag form family form feed form genus form genus Rhizoctinia form letter form lines form master form mistress form of address form of government form word form-only formal formal attire Formal cause formal criticism formal dress formal equivalence formal garden formal language formal logic formal mode formal semantics formal system formaldehyde formalin formalisation formalise formalised formalism formalist formalistic formalities formality formalization	form line form liner form lines form lining Form Log form lumber Form Mail Form Mail form master form mistress Form N-1A Form N-2 Form N-SAR Form N1A Form N2 form nail Form NSAR Form of Acceptance Form of action Form of address Form of address form of agreement Form of Authorization Form of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy form of contract form of expression form of government Form of Government Task Force Form of Identification Form of Leadership Form of Leadership Form of Leadership Form of Payment Form of Price Control Form of Prostate-Specific Antigen Form of Tender form of the physical store Form of transport Form of transportation form oil Form Operation by Example form out of Form PD 4632 Form PD 4633-1 Form PD4632 Form PD4633-1 form plots Form Pointer form pressure form process chart form release agent form roller Form S-1 Form S-1

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Let me add that it is the great desideratum by which this form of government can be rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored, and be recommended to the esteem and adoption of mankind.

Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context

And here we will make a concession, which would not perhaps have been expected from us, that no limited form of government is capable of rising to the same degree of perfection, or of producing the same benefits to society, with this.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

The Declaration of Independence by History Documents View in context