power structure
noun
1
: a group of persons having control of an organization : establishment
2
: the hierarchical interrelationships existing within a controlling group
Examples of power structure in a Sentence
The parade won't happen without the approval of the city's power structure.
Women in the company are struggling for equality against the male power structure.
They are making changes to the power structure of the church.
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The irony is that their speculative ethos, when turned back on itself, reveals its own contradictions: a worldview that claims to safeguard humanity’s future could just as easily be entrenching the very power structures that threaten it.
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Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
Both men have leaned heavily on social media to bypass traditional power structures.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Communist leader Xi Jinping stays at the top of Beijing's byzantine power structure through a network of fear, personal alliances and more fear, along with fervent nationalism and a sense of national grievance.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
But as early as August, local and national media were reporting tension and internal disagreements within that power structure.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
Both men have leaned heavily on social media to bypass traditional power structures.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Communist leader Xi Jinping stays at the top of Beijing's byzantine power structure through a network of fear, personal alliances and more fear, along with fervent nationalism and a sense of national grievance.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
But as early as August, local and national media were reporting tension and internal disagreements within that power structure.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Power structure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20structure. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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