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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

国家权威

Pronunciation / Transliteration: guójiā quánwēi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
State authority/steɪt ɔˈθɔː.rə.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"维护国家权威是维护社会稳定的基础。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The legitimate power and administrative control held by a government or sovereign state over its territory and population.

    "The citizens challenged the expansion of state-authority during the constitutional crisis."
  2. 2

    The institutional framework through which government policies and laws are enforced.

    "Regional agencies operate under the delegated power of state-authority."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'state' (from Old French 'estat' and Latin 'status') combined with 'authority' (from Old French 'auctorité' and Latin 'auctoritas'). Historically developed during the rise of modern nation-states to denote the supreme legal and political power wielded by a government over its territory.

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