Synonyms for governed
gov·erned

Princeton's WordNet

1. governednoun

   the body of people who are citizens of a particular government

   "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"--Declaration of Independence

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1. • Citizenry

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1. List of paraphrases for "governed":

   regulated, régie, ruled, covered, guided, old, governance, controlled, managed, administered, ramq, headed, driven

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1. Luis Inacio Lula da Silva:

   We are going to do a general self-criticism in this country. This country cannot be governed by the bunch of crazy people who govern it.

2. Thum Ping Tjin:

   Singapore continues to be governed using the same values, institutions and assumptions that underpinned British colonialism so the government can not reject or repudiate colonialism without also criticizing its own values, institutions and methods of governance.

3. Sigmund Freud:

   When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.

4. Dianne Feinstein:

   History will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say 'never again', there may never be the right time to release this report. ... But this report is too important to shelve indefinitely.

5. Mmusi Maimane:

   Momentum building going toward 2019 is about good governance. It's about proving to the public that we can govern nationally one day, where we've governed, we've grown everywhere. Where the ANC has governed, they've gone down.