governmenty

[guhv-ern-muhn-tee, -er-muhn-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Canadian Informal.

pompous.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of governmenty¹

government + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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These terrible elites with awful-sounding governmenty jobs like "policy professionals, regulators and contractors" are slightly less likely to think that the country is on the wrong track.