Meanings
- not comparableNot governmental in nature.
In this country, it is hard to find a nongovernment job.
1 more example
The Trump administration acknowledged the messages, sent over the nongovernment encrypted chat app Signal, seem to be authentic without offering any explanation for why senior officials were discussing national defense information outside of approved classified government systems.
2025 March 24, Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Evan Perez, Oren Liebermann, Jamie Gangel, Kit Maher and Sean Lyngaas, “Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans”, in CNNSynonyms: nongovernmental
plural nongovernments
- An organization that is not a government.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot governmental in nature.
Origin
Cite this entry
nongovernment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nongovernment
“nongovernment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nongovernment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nongovernment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nongovernment.
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