Puppet Government (Noun)
Meaning
A government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The country was ruled by a puppet government installed by the foreign power, which was widely resented by the population.
- Many viewed the newly established administration as a puppet government, as it was clear that the real power lay with the international coalition that had set it up.
- The province was governed by a puppet government that answered directly to the central authority, rather than to the local people.
- Critics accused the regime of being a puppet government, beholden to the interests of a wealthy elite rather than the welfare of its citizens.
- The rebel group installed a puppet government in the territories they controlled, imposing harsh rules and restrictions on the local inhabitants.