governance

English

Alternative forms

• gouvernance, gouvernaunce, governaunce (all obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvənəns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

governance (countable and uncountable, plural governances)

1. The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
   • 2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 87:

     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. The state of being governed.
5. (management) Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.

Synonyms

• (administration, esp. over a country): administration, government, management; statism (obs.)

Hyponyms

• corporate governance
• data governance
• open governance

Derived terms

• e-governance
• global governance
• malgovernance
• metagovernance
• misgovernance
• self-governance

 

Translations

the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring

• Bulgarian: управление (bg) n (upravlenie)
• Catalan: governança (ca) f
• Chinese:

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• Czech: správa (cs) f (věcí veřejných), vládnutí n
• Finnish: hallinto (fi), hallitseminen (fi), johto (fi), johtaminen (fi)
• French: gouvernance (fr) f
• Galician: gobernanza f
• German: Regieren n, Regierungsgewalt f, Regierungsführung f, Führung (de) f, Staatsführung (de) f, Herrschen n, Herrschaft (de) f, Regentschaft f, Lenkung (de) f, Staatslenkung f
• Hungarian: kormányzás (hu), irányítás (hu), vezetés (hu)
• Indonesian: pemerintahan (id), tata kelola
• Italian: governo (it) m, amministrazione (it) f
• Macedonian: владеење n (vladeenje)
• Malay: governans
• Malayalam: ഭരണനിർവ്വഹണം (bharaṇaniṟvvahaṇaṁ), ഭരണം (ml) (bharaṇaṁ)
• Maori: mana whakahaere
• Middle English: governaunce
• Mongolian: засаг (mn) (zasag)
• Portuguese: governança (pt) f
• Romanian: guvernare (ro) f
• Russian: управле́ние (ru) n (upravlénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: upravljanje n, guverniranje n
• Slovak: riadenie, vedenie, smerovanie
• Spanish: gobernanza (es) f

the specific system by which a political system is ruled

• Bulgarian: режим (bg) m (režim)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: hallintojärjestelmä, hallinto (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Regierungsform (de) f, Führungsstruktur f
• Italian: governo (it) m
• Russian: управле́ние (ru) n (upravlénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: režim (sh) m

the group of people who make up an administrative body

• Bulgarian: ръководство (bg) n (rǎkovodstvo)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: hallinto (fi), johto (fi)
• French: direction (fr) f
• German: Führung (de) f, Staatsführung (de) f
• Italian: amministrazione (it) f
• Malayalam: ഭരണകൂടം (bharaṇakūṭaṁ)
• Russian: руково́дство (ru) n (rukovódstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: uprava (sh) f, rukovodstvo (sh) n

the state of being governed

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: hallittuus
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: gestione (it)

Anagrams

• Congrevean

Middle English

Noun

governance

1. Alternative form of governaunce