subcabinet
- noun
- /ˈsʌbˌkæbɪnɪt/
- Formal
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subgabinete
- Members of the subcabinet often meet to coordinate their strategies on economic development initiatives.
- a de facto subcabinet
Examples
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During the discussion, the subcabinet agreed on measures to improve healthcare access for all citizens.
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The council should include representatives from other departments, including top subcabinet officials from the Departments of Justice, Energy, Treasury, State, and Health and Human Services, as well as the deputy director of the FBI, the deputy CIA director for science and technology, and the FEMA director.
Academic text (1998) -
Every administration since 1960 has been just a little later than its predecessor in putting its cabinet and subcabinet in place.
Academic text (2002) -
The Senate is not without some blame for the rise of the de facto subcabinet.
Academic text (2002) -
Forty years ago, when John F. Kennedy became president, cabinet and subcabinet officers were nominated and confirmed expeditiously.
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Second, the de facto subcabinet diffuses accountability when things go wrong.
Academic text (2002) -
Most of the key U.S. decision makers in Clinton's subcabinet had intensely negative feelings about UN Charter law on the use of force.
Academic text (2001) -
In theory, the president should select every appointee to ensure power over the subcabinet, as well as to maximize patronage.
Academic text (2002) -
President Clinton attempted to reduce the number of bureaucratic battles by increasingly closing the decision-making process in foreign policy debates to a "subcabinet" of only five or six officials.
Academic text (2001) -
The president appointed several new members to the subcabinet to address specific policy issues.
Synonyms
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A small group chosen from a larger group of people to handle one task
A smaller group within a commission that focuses on a specific task
A small group chosen from a larger committee to work on one task
A smaller part of a larger organization that works in a local area
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subcabinet joins sub- meaning 'under', as in subway or submarine, and cabinet, the group of top government ministers. So a subcabinet is a smaller group 'under' the main cabinet that deals with specific issues.