non-governmental organization

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non-governmental organization

noun non-governmental organizations · NGO

A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).
Opposite: governmental organization

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noun organization with no direct government control

Español	organización no gubernamental
한국어	비정부 기구 bijeongbu gigu
日本語	非政府組織 hiseifu soshiki
中文	非政府組織 /非政府组织 fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī
Kiswahili	shirika lisilo la kiserikali
Português	organização não-governamental
Français	organisation non gouvernementale
Deutsch	Nichtregierungsorganisation, nichtstaatliche Organisation
Italiano	organizzazione non governativa
Ελληνικά	μη κυβερνητικός οργανισμός mi kyvernitikós organismós
Română	organizație non-guvernamentală
Русский	обще́ственная организа́ция obščéstvennaja organizácija, неправи́тельственная организа́ция nepravítelʹstvennaja organizácija
العربية	مُنَظَّمَة غَيْر حُكُومِيَّة munaẓẓama ḡayr ḥukūmiyya

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@misc{non_governmental_organization_2026,
  title = {non-governmental organization},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/non-governmental%20organization},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}