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ruling

2 adjective
     
Related topics: Government
ruling2 [only before noun]
1PG the ruling group in a country or organization is the group that controls it:
A ruling class clearly existed.
the ruling body of American golf
2 a ruling interest or emotion interests someone more than anything else:
Football remains the ruling passion of many men.
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