non-governmental

== English == === Alternative forms === nongovernmental === Etymology === From non- +‎ governmental. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛntəl === Adjective === non-governmental (not comparable) Not belonging to, associated with or operated by a particular government. ==== Usage notes ==== The hyphenated form is much more common in the British corpus while the solid form in the American one. GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies. ==== Antonyms ==== governmental ==== Derived terms ==== non-governmental organization ==== Translations ==== === References ===