Dictionary

governance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡʌvənəns/ (UK)
• /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/ (US)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. 2012 March 14, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
2. (countable, uncountable) The specific system by which a political system is ruled.
3. (countable, uncountable) The group of people who make up an administrative body.
4. (countable, uncountable) The state of being governed.
5. (countable, uncountable) Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.

Forms

Deriveds

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

Hyponyms

data governance · open governance · corporate governance

Relateds

cybernetics

Synonyms

statism (administration, esp. over a country) · management (administration, esp. over a country) · government (administration, esp. over a country) · administration (administration, esp. over a country)

Translations (81)

hu irányítás (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fi hallittuus (the state of being governed) · cmn 行政機構 /行政机构 (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · de Staatsführung (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · ca governança (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fi hallinnointi (accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights) · enm governaunce (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fr gouvernance (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Führungsstruktur (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · sk riadenie (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fi johto (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Staatslenkung (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cmn 統治權 /统治权 (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · pt governança (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Regierungsführung (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · ml ഭരണകൂടം (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · sh režim (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · it governo (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · cmn 統治制度 /统治制度 (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · de Amtsführung (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cmn 統治 /统治 (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cmn 治理體系 /治理体系 (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · hu vezetés (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fi hallinto (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · gl gobernanza (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · it amministrazione (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · de Herrschen (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · mk владеење (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · id tata kelola (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · bg режим (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · ru управле́ние (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · cmn 問責 /问责 (accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights) · de Regierungsform (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · fi johto (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · ro guvernare (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cs vládnutí (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · id pemerintahan (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · sh guverniranje (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Lenkung (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cmn 政府部門 /政府部门 (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · sk smerovanie (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fi hallitseminen (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · es gobernanza (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Staatsführung (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cmn 治理 (accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights) · fi hallinto (accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights) · mi mana whakahaere (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Führung (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · de Unternehmensführung (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · sh upravljanje (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fi johtaminen (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cmn 政府 (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · ms governans (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cs správa (věcí veřejných) (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fi hallinto (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · fi hallintojärjestelmä (the specific system by which a political system is ruled) · ml ഭരണം (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · ru управле́ние (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cmn 被統治 /被统治 (the state of being governed) · sk vedenie (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · sh uprava (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · nl bestuur (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · ml ഭരണനിർവ്വഹണം (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · cmn 治理 (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · it amministrazione (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · bg ръководство (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · fi hallinto (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · bg управление (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · it gestione (the state of being governed) · hu kormányzás (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Regentschaft (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Führung (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · de Regieren (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · la regimen (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · it governo (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · ru руково́дство (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · de Regierungsgewalt (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · sh rukovodstvo (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · de Herrschaft (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring) · fr direction (the group of people who make up an administrative body) · mn засаг (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)