"power structure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: power structures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} power structure (countable and uncountable, plural power structures)
  1. A system of authoritative power in an institution. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-power_structure-en-noun-mE6tCWZv
  2. Those who participate in such a system. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-power_structure-en-noun-Uf7kp021 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Politics Translations (system): magtstruktur [common-gender] (Danish), magtapparat [neuter] (Danish), valtarakenne (Finnish), Machtstruktur [feminine] (German), Machtgefüge [neuter] (German), 権力構造 (kenryoku kōzō) (Japanese), maktstruktur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), maktstruktur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), вла́стная структу́ра (vlástnaja struktúra) [feminine] (Russian) Translations (those in the system): valtaapitävät [plural] (Finnish), Machthaber [masculine, plural] (German)
Disambiguation of Politics: 0 0 Disambiguation of 'system': 47 53 Disambiguation of 'those in the system': 47 53

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