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microgovernment

microgovernment noun: a very small or local government.

Noun

microgovernment (plural microgovernments)

  1. A very small or local government.
    • What was seen from the top down, as a large environment with many difficult trade-offs, is instead seen from the bottom up--as 10 million microenvironments, each to be regulated in its own right. It is this inversion of perspective that distinguishes microgovernment from other kinds of regulation...1998 September 19, Jonathan Rauch, “Tunnel Vision: The Dawn of Microgovernment”, in National Journal, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2012

Forms of microgovernment

pluralmicrogovernments

Origin of microgovernment

From micro- + government.

Questions about microgovernment

What does microgovernment mean?
Microgovernment means a very small or local government.
What part of speech is microgovernment?
Microgovernment is a noun.
What is the plural of microgovernment?
The plural of microgovernment is microgovernments.

Words near microgovernment in the dictionary

  1. microgonidia
  2. microgonidial
  3. microgonidium
  4. microgour
  5. microgours
  6. microgovernment
  7. microgovernments
  8. microgradient
  9. microgradients
  10. micrograft
  11. micrografted

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