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PUPPET GOVERNMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does puppet government mean?
• PUPPET GOVERNMENT (noun)
The noun PUPPET GOVERNMENT has 1 sense:
1. a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
Familiarity information: PUPPET GOVERNMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
pupet regime; puppet government; puppet state
Hypernyms ("puppet government" is a kind of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
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