governed
Led by authority
Governed is the past tense of govern, meaning to rule or exercise authority over.
A country is governed by its leaders; behavior is governed by rules or principles.
What governs something controls or determines it: Interest rates are governed by market conditions.
To be self-governed is to control one's own affairs without outside authority.
Held under control
- constrainedForced into narrow limits
- dominatedControlled or overpowered
- suppressedForcibly held down
- dictatedImposed without discussion
curbed · checked · contained · limited · repressed · disciplined · bound · commanded
Rigid administrative system
- policyAdopted principle of action
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
implementation · enforcement · supervision · coordination · execution · stewardship · allocation · disbursement
Supreme independent authority
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
kingdom · empire · dynasty · colonialism · autocracy · oligarchy · despotism · hegemony
Accepted levels of quality
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- lawsEnforceable societal rules
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
restrictions · compliance · conformity · accreditation · licensing · certification · frameworks · codes
restrained
Held under control
- constrainedForced into narrow limits
- dominatedControlled or overpowered
- suppressedForcibly held down
dictated · curbed · checked · contained · limited · repressed · disciplined · bound · commanded · subjugated
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
- policyAdopted principle of action
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
management · implementation · enforcement · supervision · coordination · execution · stewardship · allocation · disbursement · provision
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
feudalism · kingdom · empire · dynasty · colonialism · autocracy · oligarchy · despotism · hegemony · subjects
standards
Accepted levels of quality
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- lawsEnforceable societal rules
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
requirements · restrictions · compliance · conformity · accreditation · licensing · certification · frameworks · codes · permits
- ledled, commanded, directed, guided, headed
- controlledcontrolled, managed, regulated, restrained, contained
- stuckjammed, clogged, trapped, stuck in mud, snowed in
governedunruly
Difficult to control
ungovernable · uncontrolled · undisciplined · unbridled · unrestrained
governedautonomous
Self-directed and free
self-governing · independent · self-determined · sovereign · free
- close enough for government workSarcastically acceptable quality
- government shutdownsCessation of federal operations
- government jobsCareers within state agencies
- government payrollState employees' compensation roster
- federal governmentCentralized national ruling body
- transitional governmentTemporary authority between regimes
govern, government, governor, governing, governance, governs, governable, governorate, governorates