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The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.
Lincoln Steffens

Meaning of "misgovernment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISGOVERNMENT

misgovernment  [ˈmɪsˈɡʌvənmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISGOVERNMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misgovernment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MISGOVERNMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of misgovernment in the English dictionary

The definition of misgovernment in the dictionary is the act or an instance of misgoverning.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISGOVERNMENT


abandonment
əˈbændənmənt
apportionment
əˈpɔːʃənmənt
bedizenment
bɪˈdaɪzənmənt
chastenment
ˈtʃeɪsənmənt
disheartenment
dɪsˈhɑːt ənmənt
disillusionment
ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒ ənmənt
disimprisonment
ˌdɪsɪmˈprɪzənmənt
emblazonment
ɪmˈbleɪzənmənt
empoisonment
ɪmˈpɔɪzənmənt
enlightenment
ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt
enlivenment
ɪnˈlaɪv ənmənt
environment
ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt
government
ˈɡʌvənmənt
imprisonment
ɪmˈprɪzənmənt
microenvironment
ˈmaɪkrəʊɪnˌvaɪrənmənt
partitionment
pɑːˈtɪʃənmənt
prisonment
ˈprɪzənmənt
proportionment
prəˈpɔːʃənmənt
reapportionment
ˌriːəˈpɔːʃənmənt
refashionment
riːˈfæʃənmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISGOVERNMENT

misgauge
misgave
misgive
misgiven
misgiving
misgo
misgotten
misgovern
misgovernance
misgrade
misgraft
misgrow
misgrowth
misguess
misguggle
misguidance
misguide
misguided
misguidedly
misguidedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISGOVERNMENT

adjournment
adornment
advertisement
alignment
assignment
attainment
built environment
cantonment
central government
consignment
containment
Department of the Environment
e-government
entertainment
Federal Government
infotainment
local government
national government
national unity government
open government
realignment

Synonyms and antonyms of misgovernment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «misgovernment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISGOVERNMENT

Find out the translation of misgovernment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misgovernment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misgovernment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弊政
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desgobierno
570 millions of speakers

English

misgovernment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

misgovernment
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سوء الحكم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

злоупотребление властью
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desgoverno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুশাসন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la mauvaise gestion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Misgovernment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Misswirtschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

失政
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misgovernment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

misgovernment
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

misgovernment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गैरसमज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kötü yönetim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malgoverno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieskuteczne rządy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зловживання владою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

proasta guvernare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

misgovernment
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

misgovernment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vanstyre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

misgovernment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misgovernment

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISGOVERNMENT»

The term «misgovernment» is normally little used and occupies the 133.046 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISGOVERNMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misgovernment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misgovernment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «MISGOVERNMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misgovernment.
1
William E. Gladstone
We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe.
2
Lincoln Steffens
The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISGOVERNMENT»

Discover the use of misgovernment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misgovernment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Tragedy of Errors: The Government and Misgovernment of ...
In this timely new book Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, former Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, explores a number of crucial questions in the immediate aftermath of PIRA decommissioning and attempts to re-activate the political process ...
Ken Bloomfield, 2007
2
The Politics of Plunder: Misgovernment in Washington
"The Politics of Plunder "is written by an insider who combines theoretical and analytical skill with practical political experience.
Doug Bandow, 1990
3
The Government and Misgovernment of London
William A. Robson. and cheap motor-cars all helped to make possible the helterskelter rush of the tired business men and overwrought clerks or artisans seeking relief from the racket, the smell and din of the town amid the quiet and peace of ...
William A. Robson, 2013
4
A Nemesis of Misgovernment
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
James William Buel, 2012
5
Misgovernment in the Philippines and Cost to the United ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
William A. Jones, 2010
6
The Judicial Committee, the Misgovernment of the Church, and ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Alexander Lendrum, 2008
7
Visible Misgovernment: IJI's Two Years in Power, 1990-92
Articles previously published in the Frontier post, Peshawar, Pakistan, during 1990-1992.
Prometheus (writer.), 1990
8
The History of the Rebellion: A new selection
I. The. Misgovernment. of. Caroline. England. The opening ofthe History is dated ' Seilly. Mareh 18, I645' (i.e. 1646). Hyde began this prefaee two weeks after he had arrived in the S eilly Isles with Prinee Charles, and a fiem days after the final  ...
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Paul Seaward, 2009
9
Constitutional History of the State of New York
The long era of misgovernment had culminated in the criminal peculations of the Tweed ring, but misgovernment was not confined to the metropolis alone. The speculative spirit engendered during the Rebellion, and the lowered moral ...
John Hampden Dougherty, 1915
10
Theory of the constitution compared with its practice in ...
It is not, in fact, to the rotten boroughs, which always formed a part of the English Constitution, that the frightful misgovernment of the past and present century is owing, so much as to the great infusion of self-government introduced into it in ...
James Bernard Bernard, 1834

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISGOVERNMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misgovernment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Of strategies, victory, and defeat
Victory on the battlefield and victorious in the battle for advertising clients, it nevertheless lost the war, defeated by economic misgovernment. «The Boca Raton Tribune, Jul 15»
2
The many facets to extremism in the Islamic world
Political misgovernment. Islamic tumult can often be traced back to governance issues. Despite a nominal democracy, many of these countries ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
An Unsustainable Position
That is, even if you accuse Syriza of botching things terribly, no economic analysis I know of says that a few months of misgovernment ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Presidency denies claim Buhari expressed anti-Igbo sentiments in …
Ibos like every other tribe is getting our fair share of the misgovernment of Nigeria and no particular ethnic group shall be solely blamed for the ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
5
Russ Reprochment in Reach If America Can But Elect A More …
Not unlike the Arab governments that have distracted their populations for generations from the misgovernment almost universally inflicted ... «New York Sun, Jul 15»
6
Lessons still unlearned
... to learn: Failing cities are usually victims, struck down by changing economies, a toxic environment, decades of misgovernment or all three. «Colorado Springs Independent, Jul 15»
7
Rule of Law Has Died in South Sudan as Rule of Man Now Rules
Thus, there is a need for all South Sudanese to get united irrespective of their tribal backgrounds to fight a war against misgovernment that is ... «Sudan Vision, Jul 15»
8
Pondering mass migration
The first would be of the many countries which are at war or involved in major conflict, in which there is misgovernment or no government at all, ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
9
Why it could pay to change minimum wage thinking
... Fund (IMF) now thinks Greece will need to borrow another €50bn (£35bn) over the next three years as a direct result of this misgovernment. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
10
Unmasking 'Robin Hood'
... of the alleged overprice of the parking building, the whole governance fabric began unraveling to reveal a pattern of Makati misgovernment. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

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