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		umanwizard on Sept 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google removes Catalan referendum app from Google ... It's called that in the US. We're talking about Europe.

tshaddox on Sept 30, 2017 [–]

Most of those countries have roughly the same three branches, don’t they?

roywiggins on Sept 30, 2017 | [–]

Roughly, but the nomenclature is different. It's kind of the opposite of metonymy, it's using the more general word ("government") to refer to the more specific thing (the current set of politicians in power).

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