Federalism

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. countable, uncountable

    "Where consociationalism and federalism overlay one another, moreover, the continuity of the latter depends on the stability of consociationalism."

  2. 2
    the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units wordnet
  3. 3
    The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Covenantalism. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From French fédéralisme. By surface analysis, federal + -ism.

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