"governability" meaning in English

See governability in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: governabilities [plural]
Etymology: c. 1858 governable + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|governable|ity}} governable + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} governability (countable and uncountable, plural governabilities)
  1. The ability to be governed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ability to be governed): gobernagarritasun (Basque), gouvernabilité [feminine] (French), gobernabilidade [feminine] (Galician), Regierbarkeit [feminine] (German), κυβερνησιμότητα (kyvernisimótita) [feminine] (Greek), governabilità (Italian), governabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), guvernabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), gobernabilidad [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for governability meaning in English (2.4kB)

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