undergovernment

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ government.

Pronunciation

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Noun

undergovernment (plural undergovernments)

1. A subordinate or secondary government.
   • 2018, Olga Velikanova, Mass Political Culture Under Stalinism, page 65:

     Facing the problem of an undergovernment inherent in a huge and backward country, […] Stalin tried to cure it by hypercentralization […]