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Webster 1913 Edition
Federalism
Fed′er-al-ism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
fédéralisme
.] The principles of Federalists or of federal union.
Definition 2024
federalism
federalism
English
Alternative forms
- fœderalism (archaic)
Noun
federalism (countable and uncountable, plural federalisms)
- System of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
- Advocacy of such a system.
Derived terms
Translations
system of government
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