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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesorganisme parapublic
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɔʁ.ɡa.nis.mə pa.ʁa.py.blik
"De nombreux quangos ont été créés pour gérer les services publics."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A semi-public organization that is financially supported by a government but acts independently of it.
"The government announced reforms to cut funding for several unelected quangos." - 2
Any advisory or administrative body operating at arm's length from direct ministerial control.
"Critics argue that quangos lack democratic accountability and transparency."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s as an acronym for 'quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation'. The term rapidly entered journalistic and political lexicon to describe public bodies that have government funding and national responsibilities yet retain a degree of operational independence. Its Italian equivalent, 'ente parastatale', shares this exact semantic space of describing semi-public institutional entities.
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organisme parapublic
Transliteration: ɔʁ.ɡa.nis.mə pa.ʁa.py.blik
"De nombreux quangos ont été créés pour gérer les services publics."
halbstaatliche Organisation
Transliteration: halp.ʃtaat.lɪ.çə ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.zaˈtsi̯oːn
"Viele halbstaatliche Organisationen arbeiten unabhängig von Ministerien."
ente parastatale
Transliteration: ˈɛn.te pa.ra.staˈta.le
"Il governo ha finanziato un nuovo ente parastatale."
organismo autónomo
Transliteration: oɾ.ɣaˈnis.mo awˈto.no.mo
"El comité funciona como un organismo autónomo del Estado."
organismo paraestatal
Transliteration: oɾ.ɣɐˈniʒ.mu pa.ɾeʃ.taˈtaɫ
"O governo delegou poderes a um organismo paraestatal."
अर्ध-सरकारी संगठन
Transliteration: ardh-sarkari sangathan
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"यह एक अर्ध-सरकारी संगठन है जो स्वतंत्र रूप से काम करता है।"
准官方机构
Transliteration: zhǔn guān fāng jī gòu
"该委员会是一个资金来源于政府的准官方机构。"
준정부기관
Transliteration: jun-jeong-bu-gi-gwan
"많은 준정부기관들이 공공 서비스를 담당하고 있다."
特殊法人
Transliteration: tokushu hōjin
"政府はいくつかの特殊法人の民営化を進めている。"
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