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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun authorities has 1 sense

• authorities(n = noun.group) government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
is a kind of polity
has particulars: authoritarian regime, authoritarian state, bureaucracy, ancien regime, court, royal court, downing street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government, military government, stratocracy, palace, papacy, pontificate, pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state, state, state government, totalitarian state, totalitation regime
has parts: administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization, judicatory, judicature, judicial system, judiciary

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THESAURUS

authorities

John Bull, Uncle Sam, Washington, Whitehall, bureaucracy, directorate, hierarchy, higher echelons, higher-ups, management, ministry, officialdom, prelacy, ruling class, ruling classes, the Crown, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the government, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the top, them, they, top brass

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