🏢 Not part of department 🏛️ Independent organization

nondepartmental

8.0

A public organization that works independently from any government department

noun
/ˌnɒndɪˈpɑːrtˌmɛntəl/

: organización no departamental

Funding for the nondepartmental comes directly from Parliament, not from any ministry.

Examples

Many experts believe a nondepartmental can act more impartially than a government department.
The new nondepartmental was established to regulate environmental standards independently.
The nondepartmental organization focuses on environmental issues.
Many nondepartmentals are funded by private donations.
The nondepartmental agency was created to ensure that community needs are addressed without political interference.
A nondepartmental organization can provide recommendations without being influenced by governmental agendas.
The nondepartmental body reviews educational policies independent of the department of education.

How Departmental

government department

6 2.5

departmental

19 4.1

independent agency

Formal

4 5.0

nondepartmental

8.0

Surface Forms

nondepartmental singular

nondepartmentals plural

Morphology

nondepartmental = departmental (transparent) = non + department + al

The word is directly formed by adding the negative prefix 'non-' to 'departmental', so the meaning is straightforwardly compositional.

Etymology

Nondepartmental comes from non- ('not') plus department ('a part of an organization'), so a nondepartmental is a public body or agency that is 'not part of a department'. That's why such a body normally works independently from a government department.