federalism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós Proto-Italic *feiðos Latin foedus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French fédéral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French fédéralisme English federalism From French fédéralisme. By surface analysis, federal + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
Where consociationalism and federalism overlay one another, moreover, the continuity of the latter depends on the stability of consociationalism.
1995, Hudson Meadwell, “8: Quebec Independence and Secession in the Developed West”, in Sukumar Periwal, editor, Notions of Nationalism, page 140:
- (countable, uncountable) The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government.
- (countable, uncountable) Covenantalism.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| federalisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fœderalism | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ethnofederalism · anti-federalism · cooperative federalism · federalist · layer cake federalism · marble cake federalism · ultrafederalism · dual federalism · Eurofederalism
Synonyms
statism (belief in the superiority of wide regional autonomy) · regionalism (belief in the superiority of wide regional autonomy) · provincialism (belief in the superiority of wide regional autonomy)
Translations (26)
sh федералѝзам (system of government) · cmn 聯邦主義 /联邦主义 (system of government) · ja 連邦主義 (system of government) · id federalisme (system of government) · fi federalismi (system of government) · kn ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ (system of government) · pam pederalismu (system of government) · ro federalism (system of government) · ko 연방주의 (system of government) · nl federalisme (system of government) · ru федерали́зм (system of government) · pl federalizm (system of government) · ca federalisme (system of government) · cmn 聯邦制 /联邦制 (system of government) · ga cónaidhmeacht (system of government) · ka ფედერალიზმი (system of government) · sh federalìzam (system of government) · es federalismo (system of government) · fr fédéralisme (system of government) · io federalismo (system of government) · my ဖက်ဒရယ်ပြည်ထောင်စုစနစ် (system of government) · kk федерализм (system of government) · id perserikatan (system of government) · pt federalismo (system of government) · de Föderalismus (system of government) · tl pederalismo (system of government)