Federalism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
  • n. Advocacy of such a system of government.
  • n. The doctrine of the Federalist Party.
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  • n. System of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
  • n. Advocacy of such a system.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The principles of Federalists or of federal union.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The doctrine or system of federation or federal union in government; the principle of assigning to the care of a central government such matters of common concernment as may be agreed upon, and all others to that of the governments of the federated states, provinces, or tribes; more specifically, the aggregate principles or doctrines of a federal party, as the Federalists of the United States.
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  • n. the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units
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    political theory    political orientation    ideology   
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