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Federalism
noun
Definitions
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. countable, uncountable
"Where consociationalism and federalism overlay one another, moreover, the continuity of the latter depends on the stability of consociationalism."
- 2 the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units wordnet
- 3 The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government. countable, uncountable
- 4 Covenantalism. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From French fédéralisme. By surface analysis, federal + -ism.
See also for "federalism"
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