nongoverning
Lacking official control
Nongoverning describes entities that don't hold or exercise governmental authority.
A nongoverning political party lacks the power to implement policy.
Nongoverning board members may advise without making binding decisions.
The term often distinguishes opposition parties from those currently in power, or separates advisory bodies from decision-making ones.
Providing or seeking guidance
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- recommendationsProposed courses of action
- counselExpert guidance offered
- advisoryNotice recommending action
consultation · input · suggestions · expert · analysis · assessment · evaluation · strategic
Relating to formal rites
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- titularIn title only
- honoraryGiven as distinction
- figureheadNominal leader, no authority
nominal · formal · procedural · unenforceable · toothless · ineffectual · powerless · decorative
Free from external control
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
- sovereignSupreme in power
- self-determinedDecided by oneself
- self-regulatingAdjusting without external control
uncontrolled · empowered · self-contained · unconstrained · free-standing · unregulated · liberated · self-sufficient
Divided and given out
- networkedLinked for data exchange
- federatedUnited under central agreement
- devolvedDeclined in quality
- polycentricHaving several centers
dispersed · horizontal · peer-to-peer · collaborative · community-based · grassroots · bottom-up · participatory
Making something simpler
- enablingMaking something feasible
- assistingGiving help to
- backingAid or sponsorship
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
nurturing · promoting · encouraging · bolstering · reinforcing · contributive · helpful · sustaining
consultative
Providing or seeking guidance
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- recommendationsProposed courses of action
- counselExpert guidance offered
advisory · consultation · input · suggestions · expert · analysis · assessment · evaluation · strategic · planning
ceremonial
Relating to formal rites
figurehead · nominal · formal · procedural · unenforceable · toothless · ineffectual · powerless · decorative · ornamental
independent
Free from external control
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
- sovereignSupreme in power
- self-determinedDecided by oneself
self-regulating · uncontrolled · empowered · self-contained · unconstrained · free-standing · unregulated · liberated · self-sufficient · self-reliant
distributed
Divided and given out
polycentric · dispersed · horizontal · peer-to-peer · collaborative · community-based · grassroots · bottom-up · participatory · cooperative
facilitating
Making something simpler
fostering · nurturing · promoting · encouraging · bolstering · reinforcing · contributive · helpful · sustaining · auxiliary
govern, governing, governor, governors, governorship, governable, ungovernable, governance, government