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governance

noun
/ˈɡʌvənəns/UK/ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/US

Etymology

From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance, equivalent to govern + -ance.

  1. derived from gouvernance
  2. inherited from governaunce

Definitions

  1. The process, or the power, of governing

    The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.

    • But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.

  2. The specific system by which a political system is ruled.

  3. The group of people who make up an administrative body.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The state of being governed.

    2. Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.

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Derived

cogovernance, co-governance, cybergovernance, e-governance, global governance, malgovernance, metagovernance, misgovernance, self-governance

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at governance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at governance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at governance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA