non-governmental organization

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non-governmental organization (plural non-governmental organizations) (abbreviated NGO)

  1. 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).
    Antonym: governmental organization

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