kekuasaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed kuasa +‎ ke- -an.

• Replaced Dutch bevoegdheid (“authority, authorization; competence”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəkuaˈsaan/
• Hyphenation: kê‧kua‧sa‧an

Noun

kêkuasaan (first-person possessive kekuasaanku, second-person possessive kekuasaanmu, third-person possessive kekuasaannya)

1. power, might.
2. authority.
3. ability

   Synonyms: kemampuan, kesanggupan

4. domination, control
5. influence

Derived terms

• kekuasaan eksekutif
• kekuasaan legislatif
• kekuasaan marital
• kekuasaan pemerintah
• kekuasaan perundang-undangan
• kekuasaan politik
• kekuasaan yudikatif

 

Further reading

• “kekuasaan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.