English Explanatory Dictionary

federalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
  2. The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government.
  3. Covenantalism.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-federalism.wav

Word forms

federalism federalisms fœderalism

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós Proto-Italic *feiðos Latin foedusder. French fédéral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French fédéralisme English federalism From French fédéralisme. By surface analysis, federal + -ism.

Synonyms

regionalism provincialism statism

Derived words

anti-federalism cooperative federalism dual federalism ethnofederalism Eurofederalism federalist layer cake federalism marble cake federalism ultrafederalism
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