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antifederalist definition

☆ anti·fed·er·al·ist (-fed′ər əl ist)

noun

  1. a person opposed to federalism
  2. a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution

adjective

designating or of a former political party, later allied with the Jeffersonian Republican party, which opposed the Federalists

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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