"nongovernmental" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From non- + governmental.",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "nongovernmental organization",
          "word": "NGO"
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        {
          "word": "nongovernmentally"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995 May 2 [1995 April 28], “Matzu Troops Fire at Fishermen, Killing One”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 95-084, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, translation of original by Zhou Xiang (0719 5046) [周翔], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88, column 2:",
          "text": "When a fishing boat of Huangqi township of Fujian's Lianjiang county, which was engaged in nongovernmental trade, was having a transaction with a Matzu trader near the waters of Matzu island on the afternoon of 23 April, the troops garrisoned in Matzu opened fire at them, killing one and injuring two.",
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          "ref": "2010, Paul C. Light, The True Size of Government, page 79:",
          "text": "To the contrary, compared to the Pew Research Center respondents who either worked for government or lived in a household with someone who did, those who worked for nongovernmental employers under contracts and grants were usually the most distrusting of all.",
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        "Not governmental; not derived from a government; civilian."
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  "word": "nongovernmental"
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    {
      "english": "nongovernmental organization",
      "word": "NGO"
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    {
      "word": "nongovernmentally"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From non- + governmental.",
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          "ref": "1995 May 2 [1995 April 28], “Matzu Troops Fire at Fishermen, Killing One”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 95-084, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, translation of original by Zhou Xiang (0719 5046) [周翔], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88, column 2:",
          "text": "When a fishing boat of Huangqi township of Fujian's Lianjiang county, which was engaged in nongovernmental trade, was having a transaction with a Matzu trader near the waters of Matzu island on the afternoon of 23 April, the troops garrisoned in Matzu opened fire at them, killing one and injuring two.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Paul C. Light, The True Size of Government, page 79:",
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  "word": "nongovernmental"
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