non-governmental organization

noun

A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).

Opposite
governmental organization
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Meanings

nounnon-governmental organization (plural non-governmental organizations, abbreviation NGO)

plural non-governmental organizations · abbreviation NGO

  1. A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).

    Antonyms: governmental organization

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).

Opposite
governmental organization

Translations

Arabic مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة
  • مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة (munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya)organization with no direct government control
Bulgarian неправи́телствена организа́ция
  • неправи́телствена организа́ция (nepravítelstvena organizácija)organization with no direct government control
Catalan organització no governamental
  • organització no governamentalorganization with no direct government control
Chinese Mandarin 非政府組織 /非政府组织
  • 非政府組織 /非政府组织 (fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī)organization with no direct government control
Czech nevládní organizace
  • nevládní organizaceorganization with no direct government control
Dutch niet-gouvernementele organisatie
  • niet-gouvernementele organisatieorganization with no direct government control
Finnish kansalaisjärjestö
  • kansalaisjärjestöorganization with no direct government control
French organisation non gouvernementale
  • organisation non gouvernementaleorganization with no direct government control
German Nichtregierungsorganisation, nichtstaatliche Organisation
  • Nichtregierungsorganisationorganization with no direct government control
  • nichtstaatliche Organisationorganization with no direct government control
Greek μη κυβερνητικός οργανισμός
  • μη κυβερνητικός οργανισμός (mi kyvernitikós organismós)organization with no direct government control
Hungarian nem kormányzati szervezet, civil szervezet
  • nem kormányzati szervezetorganization with no direct government control
  • civil szervezetorganization with no direct government control
Indonesian lembaga swadaya masyarakat, organisasi nonpemerintah
  • lembaga swadaya masyarakatorganization with no direct government control
  • organisasi nonpemerintahorganization with no direct government control
Italian organizzazione non governativa
  • organizzazione non governativaorganization with no direct government control
Japanese 非政府組織
  • 非政府組織 (hiseifu soshiki)organization with no direct government control
Korean 비정부 기구
  • 비정부 기구 (bijeongbu gigu)organization with no direct government control
Latvian sabiedriska organizācija
  • sabiedriska organizācijaorganization with no direct government control
Malay pertubuhan bukan kerajaan
  • pertubuhan bukan kerajaanorganization with no direct government control
Norwegian ikke-statlig organisasjon
  • ikke-statlig organisasjonorganization with no direct government control
Polish organizacja pozarządowa
  • organizacja pozarządowaorganization with no direct government control
Portuguese organização não-governamental
  • organização não-governamentalorganization with no direct government control
Romanian organizație non-guvernamentală
  • organizație non-guvernamentalăorganization with no direct government control
Russian обще́ственная организа́ция, неправи́тельственная организа́ция
  • обще́ственная организа́ция (obščéstvennaja organizácija)organization with no direct government control
  • неправи́тельственная организа́ция (nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija)organization with no direct government control
Slovak mimovládna organizácia
  • mimovládna organizáciaorganization with no direct government control
Spanish organización no gubernamental
  • organización no gubernamentalorganization with no direct government control
Swahili shirika lisilo la kiserikali
  • shirika lisilo la kiserikaliorganization with no direct government control
Swedish icke-statlig organisation, enskild organisation
  • icke-statlig organisationorganization with no direct government control
  • enskild organisationorganization with no direct government control
Thai องค์การนอกภาครัฐ
  • องค์การนอกภาครัฐ (ong-gaan-nɔ̂ɔk-pâak-rát)organization with no direct government control
Turkish sivil toplum kuruluşu
  • sivil toplum kuruluşuorganization with no direct government control
Ukrainian грома́дська організа́ція, недержавна організація
  • грома́дська організа́ція (hromádsʹka orhanizácija)organization with no direct government control
  • недержавна організація (nederžavna orhanizacija)organization with no direct government control
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