Meanings
nounrulership (countable and uncountable, plural rulerships)
plural rulerships
- countableuncountableA position in which one rules or has sovereignty over others.
All rulership has its original and its most legitimate source in man’s wish to emancipate himself from life’s necessity, and men achieved such liberation by means of violence, by forcing others to bear the burden of life for them.
1963, Hannah Arendt, On Revolution, page 104
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Englishruler
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englishrulership
Translations
Dutch heerschappij
- heerschappijwhere one rules over others
French pouvoir, dominance
- pouvoirwhere one rules over others
- dominancewhere one rules over others
German Herrschaft
- Herrschaftwhere one rules over others
Hebrew שלטון, שררה
- שלטון (shilton)where one rules over others
- שררה (srɑrɑ)where one rules over others
Polish władza, władztwo
- władzawhere one rules over others
- władztwowhere one rules over others
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APA
rulership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rulership
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“rulership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rulership. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rulership,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rulership.
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