power structure

See also: powerstructure

English

Noun

power structure (countable and uncountable, plural power structures)

1. A system of authoritative power in an institution.
   • 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Mr Xi is also struggling with issues within his carefully-constructed power structure. The unexplained disappearances of key members of his leadership team and military top brass could be seen as either signs of pervasive corruption or political purges.

2. Those who participate in such a system.

Translations

system

• Chinese:

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• Danish: magtstruktur c, magtapparat n
• Finnish: valtarakenne
• German: Machtstruktur (de) f, Machtgefüge (de) n
• Japanese: 権力構造 (kenryoku kōzō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maktstruktur m

  Nynorsk: maktstruktur m

• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: вла́стная структу́ра f (vlástnaja struktúra)

those in the system

• Chinese:

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• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: valtaapitävät pl
• German: Machthaber (de) m pl
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