nongovernment

English

Alternative forms

• non-government

Etymology

Etymology tree

English non-

English government

English nongovernment

From non- + government.

Adjective

nongovernment (not comparable)

1. Not governmental in nature.

   In this country, it is hard to find a nongovernment job.

   • 2025 March 24, Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Evan Perez, Oren Liebermann, Jamie Gangel, Kit Maher and Sean Lyngaas, “Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The Trump administration acknowledged the messages, sent over the nongovernment encrypted chat app Signal, seem to be authentic without offering any explanation for why senior officials were discussing national defense information outside of approved classified government systems.

Synonyms

• nongovernmental

Noun

nongovernment (plural nongovernments)

1. An organization that is not a government.