Meanings
plural power structures
- countableuncountableA system of authoritative power in an institution.
Mr Xi is also struggling with issues within his carefully-constructed power structure. The unexplained disappearances of key members of his leadership team and military top brass could be seen as either signs of pervasive corruption or political purges.
2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC - countableuncountableThose who participate in such a system.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 權力體制 /权力体制, 權力階層 /权力阶层
- 權力體制 /权力体制system
- 權力階層 /权力阶层those in the system
Danish magtstruktur, magtapparat
- magtstruktursystem
- magtapparatsystem
Finnish valtarakenne, valtaapitävät
- valtarakennesystem
- valtaapitävätthose in the system
German Machtstruktur, Machtgefüge
- Machtstruktursystem
- Machtgefügesystem
- Machthaberthose in the system
Japanese 権力構造
- 権力構造 (kenryoku kōzō)system
Norwegian Bokmål maktstruktur
- maktstruktursystem
Russian вла́стная структу́ра
- вла́стная структу́ра (vlástnaja struktúra)system
Cite this entry
power structure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20structure
“power structure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20structure. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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