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governing collapse: responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"

totalitarian collapse: an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government; characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; "a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.; of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life; "totalitarian theory and practice"; "operating in a totalistic fashion"

imperial collapse: a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach; a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III; belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"; befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace"; relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"

imperious collapse: able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"

commanding collapse: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"

deaf collapse: people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"; lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part

controlling collapse: able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"

astringent collapse: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals; tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions"

exigent collapse: requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

civic collapse: of or relating or belonging to a city; "civic center"; "civic problems"

autonomous collapse: (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment; existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"; (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"

parochial collapse: relating to or supported by or located in a parish; "parochial schools"

momentous collapse: of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

constricted collapse: inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his first impulse is to move"; drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life"; especially tense; especially in some dialects

autocratic collapse: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"

patriarchal collapse: characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line; relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank

aristocratic collapse: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

federal collapse: any federal law-enforcement officer; a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War; national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"; characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederations"; of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

demanding collapse: requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

competent collapse: adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"; properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist"

dour collapse: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

senior collapse: an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation; older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer"

pluralistic collapse: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism; "a pluralistic culture"

bigoted collapse: blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others; "a bigoted person"; "an outrageously bigoted point of view"

considerable collapse: large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"

important collapse: of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"; having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"

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