nongovernment
/nɑnɡˈʌvɚnmənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not governmental in nature.
noun
An organization that is not a government.
Example Sentences
- "In this country, it is hard to find a nongovernment job."
- "The Trump administration acknowledged the messages, sent over the nongovernment encrypted chat app Signal, seem to be authentic without offering any explanation for why senior officials were discussing national defense information outside of approved classified government systems."
Etymology
From non- + government.