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PUPPET STATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puppet state mean? 

PUPPET STATE (noun)
  The noun PUPPET STATE has 1 sense:

1. a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governedplay

  Familiarity information: PUPPET STATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUPPET STATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

pupet regime; puppet government; puppet state

Hypernyms ("puppet state" is a kind of...):

authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)


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