power base

noun

The source of a person's or organization's power or influence.

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Meanings

nounpower base (plural power bases)

plural power bases

  1. The source of a person's or organization's power or influence.

    The yard was […] one of the main focal points of the UCS work-in, and the power base of its main spokesman Jimmy Reid, though he was a Govanite, not a Bankie.

    2024, Ian R. Mitchell, Walking Through Glasgow's Industrial Past
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APA

power base. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20base

MLA

“power base.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20base. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “power base,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20base.

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