governancy
governancy is the archaic form of governance.
Meaning of governance
Noun
governance (countable and uncountable, plural governances)
- 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, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87
- Synonyms:
- administration, government, management, statism
- The specific system by which a political system is ruled.
- The group of people who make up an administrative body.
- The state of being governed.
- Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.
Forms of governancy
| plural | governancies |
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Questions about governancy
- What is governancy the archaic form of?
- Governancy is the archaic form of governance.
Words near governancy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: governancy (page history and authors); governance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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