- political system, form of government - the members of a social organization who are in power
--1 is a kind of social group
--1 is a member of
--1 has members: party, political party; political unitsocial organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure
--1 has particulars:autocracy, autarchy; constitutionalism; democracy, republic, commonwealth; hegemony; oligarchy; plutocracy; republic; technocracy; theocracy; diarchy, dyarchy