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non-governmental organization

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
non--gov-ern-men-tal or-ga-ni-za-tion
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
10
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).

Inflected Forms

non-governmental organizations (plural) NGO (abbreviation)

Phrases

third sector

Frequently Paired Words

third sector

Antonyms

governmental organization

Questions

What does non-governmental organization mean?
A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).

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