nongovernmental organization
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌnɒnˈɡʌvərnˌmɛntəl ˌɔrɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
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organización no gubernamental
- He founded a nongovernmental organization to provide disaster relief to communities in need.
- nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
- nongovernmental organization (NGO)
- environmental nongovernmental organization
Examples
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Furthermore, forest management is criticized by some environmental nongovernmental organizations as an excuse to conduct business as usual.
Academic text (2011) -
Finally, the secretary-general can collaborate with nongovernmental organizations and international business.
Academic text (1996) -
Local government, national government, and nongovernmental organizations were the most frequently mentioned sources.
Academic text (2013) -
In 1998, he created the Future Generation Foundation, a nongovernmental organization that provides job training to young entrepreneurs in Egypt.
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Cultural understanding between governmental and nongovernmental organizations is just as important and will help reduce friction.
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Some of these agencies work closely with nongovernmental organizations such as the Nature Conservancy.
Academic text (1993) -
Increasingly, various kinds of nongovernmental organizations are able to mobilize the population at a grassroots level.
Academic text (1999) -
The local Catholic diocese, supported by some nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), also began a food aid program.
Academic text (1994) -
Furthermore, different mechanisms may be feasible or preferable to different governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private entities.
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Grassroots pressures from industrially advanced regions and from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) forced policy directives on energy use.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.7
A group not part of any government that helps people or protects the environment
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3.6
A person or group not run by the government
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
nongovernmental + organization
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'nongovernmental' (non- + governmental = not run by government) with 'organization' (a collective with a purpose). This follows regular English negation and noun composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent parts can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Nongovernmental organization comes from the simple idea of an organization that is non, meaning 'not', and governmental, meaning linked to a government. It names a group 'not part of the government' that works on social or help projects 'by itself', so today it means an organization that acts apart from the government.