presidential government

American  

noun

1. a system of government in which the powers of the president are constitutionally separate from those of the legislature.

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Etymology

Origin of presidential government

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Once installed as head of government, he delivers all too well on his promise of democratic reforms, incessantly polling his citizens on even the most trivial matters until they become so worn down that they willingly submit to fascism — or, as Rimmer describes it, “a more streamlined form of presidential government.”

From New York Times

An omnipresent micromanaging federal government will necessarily be presidential government, with the chief executive’s discretion unbound, and unsupervised by a Congress that manages to be both harried and lethargic.

From Washington Post

“The presidential government system is not coercive but a specific choice that the history directed us to,” he told his guests.

From New York Times

The premier enters office after his predecessor, Ahmet Davutoglu, fell-out with Mr. Erdogan over the establishment of a U.S. or French-style form of presidential government.

From The Wall Street Journal

The worries about presidential government that attended Tony Blair’s thumping majorities—the last secured in 2005—now seem like the naive cares of a distant age.

From Economist