kekuasaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed kuasa +‎ ke- -an.

• Replaced Dutch bevoegdheid (“authority, authorization; competence”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəkuaˈsaan/
• Hyphenation: kê‧kua‧sa‧an

Noun

kêkuasaan (plural kekuasaan-kekuasaan)

1. power, might
2. authority
3. ability

   Synonyms: kemampuan, kesanggupan

4. domination, control
5. influence

Derived terms

• kekuasaan eksekutif
• kekuasaan legislatif
• kekuasaan marital
• kekuasaan pemerintah
• kekuasaan perundang-undangan
• kekuasaan politik
• kekuasaan yudikatif

Further reading

• “kekuasaan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016