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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRECT RULE

direct rule  [dɪˈrekt ruːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRECT RULE

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Direct rule is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DIRECT RULE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Direct rule

Direct rule was the term given, during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, to the administration of Northern Ireland directly from Westminster, seat of United Kingdom government. The most recent period of direct rule came to an end on 8 May 2007 when power was restored to the Northern Ireland Assembly following April elections and a power-sharing agreement among major parties. Although everyday matters under direct rule were handled by government departments within Northern Ireland itself, major policy was determined by the British Government's Northern Ireland Office, under the direction of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; and legislation was introduced, amended, or repealed by means of Order in Council. Direct Rule did not mean that the people of Northern Ireland had no democratic say in how they were governed; like other parts of the United Kingdom they elected members of parliament to the Parliament of the United Kingdom to which the Northern Ireland Office is responsible. But it did result in the existence of an administration specific to Northern Ireland which did not have a specifically Northern Irish mandate.

Definition of direct rule in the English dictionary

The definition of direct rule in the dictionary is rule by a national or central government of a province or territory that has previously had, or has some claim to have, a devolved government.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIRECT RULE


brool
bruːl
cerule
ˈsiːruːl
chondrule
ˈkɒndruːl
crool
kruːl
curule
ˈkjʊəruːl
drool
druːl
ferrule
ˈfɛruːl
ferule
ˈfɛruːl
glomerule
ˈɡlɒməˌruːl
jarool
dʒəˈruːl
misrule
ˌmɪsˈruːl
overrule
ˌəʊvəˈruːl
rule
ruːl
spherule
ˈsfɛruːl
sporule
ˈspɒruːl
subrule
ˈsʌbˌruːl
work-rule
ˈwɜːkˌruːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRECT RULE

direct evidence
direct grant school
direct hit
direct injection
direct input
direct labour
direct lighting
direct mail
direct marketing
direct memory access
direct method
direct motion
direct object
direct primary
direct question
direct sales
direct selling
direct speech
direct tax
direct taxation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRECT RULE

as a rule
board rule
chain rule
foot rule
gag rule
global rule
golden rule
ground rule
home rule
house rule
majority rule
martial rule
mob rule
phase rule
phrase-structure rule
rewrite rule
slide rule
the rule
trapezoid rule
unit rule
work-to-rule

Synonyms and antonyms of direct rule in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «direct rule» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRECT RULE

Find out the translation of direct rule to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

直接统治
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gobierno directo
570 millions of speakers

English

direct rule
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रत्यक्ष शासन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحكم المباشر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прямое правление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

domínio direto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরাসরি শাসন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

règle directe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peraturan langsung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

direkte Herrschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

直接統治
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직접 규칙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Langsung aturan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cai trị trực tiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேரடி ஆட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थेट नियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Doğrudan kural
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

governo diretto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zasada bezpośredniej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пряме правління
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

regulă directă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άμεση κανόνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

direkte reël
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

direktstyre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

direkte styre
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECT RULE»

The term «direct rule» is regularly used and occupies the 106.429 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECT RULE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about direct rule

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRECT RULE»

Discover the use of direct rule in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to direct rule and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Direct rule and the governance of Northern Ireland
This is the first comprehensive study of direct rule as the system of governance which operated in Northern Ireland for most of the period between 1972 and 2007.
Derek Birrell, 2009
2
Evidence: Examples & Explanations
This is the ''scope of direct'' rule for controlling the coverage of cross-examination, adopted by Rule 611(b). The Federal Rules reject an opposite idea, the ''wide- open'' rule. Under the wide-open rule, a cross-examiner would be entitled to ask  ...
Arthur Best, 2009
3
Constitutional Change in the United Kingdom
Direct rule from Westminster The prorogation of the Stormont Parliament in 1972, its abolition in 1973 and replacement with direct rule from London amounted to a traumatic experience for the Ulster Unionists who had been running their own ...
F. N. Forman, 2002
4
colonial policy and practice
Indirect rule is slowly adapted to western requirements, and the western element in the administration becomes more pronounced ; or else direct rule on western lines comes to include a popular element. In either case the distinction between ...
John Sydenham Furnivall, 1956
5
British Government and the Constitution: Text and Materials
(ii) Direct rule The first period of direct rule ran from 1972 to 1974. A considerable amount of time was given at Westminster to legislation for Northern Ireland (Acts and Orders in Council). A Northern Ireland (Border Poll) Act 1972 provided for a ...
Colin Turpin, Adam Tomkins, 2007
6
Alien Rule
What this means is that, for the most part, the members of peripheral regions and distinct cultural groups within empires and large states were ruled by their own kind. For reasons that need not concern us here, direct rule made great strides on  ...
Michael Hechter, 2013
7
Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of ...
In the context of a settler capitalism, the social prerequisite of direct rule was a rather drastic affair. It involved a comprehensive sway of market institutions: the appropriation of land, the destruction of communal autonomy, and the defeat and  ...
Mahmood Mamdani, 1996
8
In the Mirror of the Third World: Capitalist Development in ...
These areas remained suppliers of agrarian products to the more industrialized 32 In the Mirror of the Third World. Colonized/ imperialized Colonizer/ imperialist Method Dates Albania Turkish Empire Direct rule -1913 Albania Italy, ...
Sandra Halperin, 1997
9
When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the ...
In contrast to the single legal universe of direct rule, indirect rule constituted separate legal universes. In addition to a racial separation in civil law between natives and nonnatives, as under direct rule, indirect rule divided natives into separate ...
Mahmood Mamdani, 2001
10
Northern Ireland: Conflict and Change
15.2.1 The restoration of direct rule 15.2.1.1 Definition A return to direct rule of Northern Ireland from Westminster is the most likely scenario should the Good Friday Agreement prove unsustainable. Such a reversion occurred briefly from ...
Johnathan Tonge, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRECT RULE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term direct rule is used in the context of the following news items.
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Myanmar to hold general election on Nov. 8: Election commission …
8, a top election commission official said on Wednesday, its first nationwide ballot since the military ended its 49-year direct rule of the country. «Zee News, Jul 15»
2
Man of the people: Sunday World's Jim McDowell steps down
... for much of what passed as politics at that time - there was no local administration at Stormont as central government was run by direct rule. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Provocative Images Depicting Differences Between Hong Kong and …
In regions not under the CCP's direct rule including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, however, traditional Chinese is the official written ... «Global Voices Online, Jul 15»
4
Europe at war once again - timesofmalta.com
... government led by a technocrat – the political equivalent of the British installing a Governor General to impose direct rule from London. «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
5
Close Stormont and let the NIO run things while a new generation …
... to mask the reality that most of what the Executive does in attracting them could just as easily be done by a team of direct rule ministers. «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»
6
UK officials had a crazy plan to move 5.5 million Hong Kong …
Amid the continued terrorist attacks by republican and loyalist paramilitary groups, Margaret Thatcher's government had direct rule of the ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
7
Note to Stormont's MLAs... Greece is not Europe's only basket case
... in which they would be expected to do something more than the run-of-the-mill stuff that could be done by a direct rule ministerial team. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
He laid foundation for cultural growth
This resulted in the British assuming direct rule from 1831 to 1881 with Mummadi being divested of his responsibilities of a king, as a result of ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
9
Stormont failing on anti-poverty, rules judge
CAJ contended that the direct rule regime which operated before the return of devolution had such a plan, entitled Lifetime Opportunities. «the Irish News, Jun 15»
10
Former TCI premier fails in bid to remove J'can judge from trial
However, following the report and the effect given to the report by the United Kingdom Government, temporary direct rule by the Governor was ... «Jamaica Observer, Jun 15»

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