Federalism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Federalism \Fed"er*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]ralisme.]
     The principles of Federalists or of federal union.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  federalism
       n : the idea of a federal organization of more or less
           self-governing units

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "federalism":
     Nazism, centralism, collectivism, communism, constitutionalism,
     democratism, fascism, feudalism, feudality, governmentalism,
     imperialism, monarchism, national socialism, neofascism,
     parliamentarianism, parliamentarism, pluralism,
     political principles, republicanism, royalism, socialism,
     statism