govern
verb (used with object)
to rule over by right of authority.
governability
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a word derived from
govern.
Example Sentences
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“The initial market reaction has been rightly quite constructive as electoral risk is removed and the governability outlook has improved,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
However, Fufuca's predecessor, Olympic medalist and Brazilian volleyball hero Ana Moser, was more philosophical, saying she understood she had to move aside to allow Lula's minority government to gain "governability."
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2023
“She must also look for a Cabinet that guarantees governability - difficult but it can be achieved,” Mendieta said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
That means risks to post-election governability are “negligible,” he wrote in a research note Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
We reckon, as the basis of our culture, upon an amount of order, of tacit obedience, of prescriptive governability, which these philosophers hoped to get as a principal result of their culture.
From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Walter Bagehot
