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federalization en · NOUN

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 fédéralbor. English federal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English federalization From federal + -ization.

Meanings

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The unification of states to form a federal union.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The assumption of control or authority by a federal government.
    • These were the days before Elon Musk’s tiff with a Delaware judge raised the prospect of the federalization of corporate law. 2024 December 10, Ronald Mann, “Case Preview: Federal trademark law and doctrines of corporate identity”, in SCOTUSblog:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
federalisation alternative lexicographic
federalizations Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

defederalization · refederalization

Relateds

federalize · federal

Translations (19)

nl federalisering (unification of states) · es federalización (unification of states) · cmn 同盟化 (unification of states) · el συγκρότηση σε ομοσπονδία (unification of states) · pl federalizacja (unification of states) · cmn 聯邦化 /联邦化 (unification of states) · fi liittovaltioistuminen (assumption of control by a federal government) · ru федерализа́ция (unification of states) · uk федераліза́ція (unification of states) · fr fédéralisation (unification of states) · lv federalizācija (unification of states) · ja 連邦化 (unification of states) · pt federalização (unification of states) · be федэраліза́цыя (unification of states) · el ομοσπονδιοποίηση (unification of states) · fi federalisaatio (assumption of control by a federal government) · ro federalizare (unification of states) · fi yhdistyminen liittovaltioksi (unification of states) · de Föderalisierung (unification of states)