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powers that be

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Main Entry: bureaucracy
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: establishment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ruling class; bureaucracy

Synonyms:

Old Guard, authority, city hall, conservatives, diehards, established order, powers that be, the system, them

Antonyms:

proletariat
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: 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: 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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Adjectives:
at anchor, domesticated, embosomed, ensconced, imbedded, moored, placed, posited, rooted, situate, unremoved, vested in
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