Meanings
nounminority government (plural minority governments)
plural minority governments
- governmentGovernment by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.
Synonyms: minority cabinet, minority parliament
Synonyms & antonyms
nounGovernment by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.
Similar
minority cabinetminority parliament
Opposite
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 少數政府 /少数政府, 朝小野大
- 少數政府 /少数政府 (siu² sou³ zing³ fu²)government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
- 朝小野大 (ciu⁴ siu² je⁵ daai⁶)government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
Chinese Mandarin 少數政府 /少数政府, 朝小野大
- 少數政府 /少数政府 (shǎoshù zhèngfǔ)government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
- 朝小野大 (cháoxiǎoyědà)government backed by less than half of votes in parliament
Danish mindretalsregering
- mindretalsregeringgovernment backed by less than half of votes in parliament
Dutch minderheidsregering, minderheidskabinet
- minderheidsregeringgovernment backed by less than half of votes in parliament
- minderheidskabinetgovernment backed by less than half of votes in parliament
Finnish vähemmistöhallitus
- vähemmistöhallitusgovernment backed by less than half of votes in parliament
French gouvernement minoritaire
- gouvernement minoritairegovernment backed by less than half of votes in parliament
German Minderheitsregierung
- Minderheitsregierunggovernment backed by less than half of votes in parliament
Thai รัฐบาลเสียงข้างน้อย
- รัฐบาลเสียงข้างน้อยgovernment backed by less than half of votes in parliament
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