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What is the adjective for government?

What's the adjective for government? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs govern, governess, governmentalize and governmentalise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

governmental
  1. Relating to a government
  2. Relating to governing.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. administrative, official, executive, managerial, supervisory, bureaucratic, organisational, organizational, legislative, regulatory, ministerial, state, political, constitutional, parliamentary, gubernatorial, sovereign, lawmaking, legal, magisterial, presidential, directorial, departmental, controlling, directing, policy-making, ruling, management, commanding, governing, authoritative, overseeing, directive, superintending, diplomatic, supervising, regulative, presiding, deciding, decisive, jurisdictional, central, in control, in charge, civic, clerical, superintendent, professional, guiding, managing … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Both supplementary bodies are composed of experts acting as governmental representatives.”
      “Just as we were there protecting the electoral system and the governmental system, here we are asked to protect the judicature.”
      “His eight models are absurdist and visionary monuments to human, societal, and governmental follies, abominations, and questionable policies.”
governable
  1. Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tractable, docile, submissive, controllable, workable, manageable, amenable, compliant, biddable, obedient, accommodating, malleable, pliable, yielding, meek, pliant, acquiescent, persuadable, tame, complaisant, dutiful, manipulable, persuasible, adaptable, passive, willing, law-abiding, deferential, unassertive, unresisting, obliging, conformable, agreeable, cooperative, impressionable, administrable, easy, suggestible, resigned, humble, obsequious, untroublesome, servile, susceptible, influenceable, easily handled, easily influenced, well-regulated, easy to deal with, gullible … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The portions of cyberspace that appear to be easily governable are also relatively small.”
      “Education was the means by which elites could pacify the people as a collective, rendering them governable through moral suasion.”
      “We were supposed to become unthinking, obedient, silent and submissive so as to be governable, exploitable and harmless.”
governorly
  1. (rare) That resembles, is appropriate for, or is related to a governor.
governmentlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of government.
governesslike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a governess.
governmentwide
  1. Extending throughout a government
  2. Examples:
      3. “It's early in the governmentwide reorganization of homeland security, and the ultimate role of the US military is still in play.”
      “By contrast, there is no governmentwide guidance delineating the roles and responsibilities of agencies managing border security programs.”
governmentless
  1. Without a government.
governessy
  1. (informal) governesslike
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prim, prudish, proper, puritanical, priggish, prissy, Victorian, starchy, stiff, stuffy, formal, schoolmarmish, conventional, Grundyish, schoolmistressy, moralistic, genteel, straitlaced, mimsy, decorous, ceremonious, bluenosed, correct, straightlaced, nice, dignified, rigid, demure, straight, polite, fussy, ceremonial, overmodest, snobbish, fastidious, particular, precise, choosy, dapper, meticulous, spruce, upright, strait-laced, niminy-piminy, old-maidish, goody-goody, nice-nelly, prim and proper, po-faced, old-maid … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In exasperation, Anne marched over and grabbed him in her firmest governessy hold.”
      “In her literature, however, she has got that instructing, governessy tone which is almost hard to bear.”
      “The latter do not always meet with the approval of Ellie Piercy's Celia, whose more strait-laced governessy anxieties make a fine foil to Terry's unaffected openness.”
governessless
  1. (rare) Without a governess.
governed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of govern
  2. Synonyms:
      3. led, presided over, headed, commanded, directed, had control of, had charge of, supervised, oversaw, regulated, superintended, chaired, ran, masterminded, ruled, orchestrated, controlled, conducted, guided, held sway over, took the chair of, administered, organized, managed, mastered, reigned over, dominated, domineered, headed up, called the shots, bossed, captained, organised, ran the show, helmed, run, handled, leaded, administrated, overlooked, stewarded, operated, overseen, kept, tended, carried on, run the show, quarterbacked, piloted, looked after … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Angry protests against public spending cuts are frequently witnessed in a democratically governed state.”
      “The news feed revamped into a single algorithmically governed feed in the autumn of 2011.”
governing
  1. present participle of govern
  2. Synonyms:
      3. controlling, ruling, commanding, conducting, directing, guiding, leading, managing, administering, overseeing, supervising, presiding over, running, superintending, handling, ordering, regulating, heading, dominating, hegemonizing, swaying, administrating, bossing, captaining, keeping, operating, overlooking, piloting, reigning over, steering, stewarding, tending, exercising control over, having control of, carrying on, executing, overruling, presiding, reigning, rendering, tyrannising, tyrannizing, assuming command, calling the tune, carrying out, exercising authority, heading up, holding dominion, holding office, holding sway … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “All information coming from such a governing body should be looked at with the utmost skepticism.”
governessed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of governess
governessing
  1. present participle of governess
governmentalized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. nationalised, nationalized, socialised, socialized, communalized, municipalized, made public, took over, taken over, collectivized, collectivised … more
governmentalizing
  1. present participle of governmentalize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. nationalising, nationalizing, socialising, socializing, communalizing, municipalizing, making public, taking over, collectivising, collectivizing … more
governmentalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of governmentalise
governmentalising
  1. present participle of governmentalise
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