- the federal principle of government or organization
- support of this principle
- [F-] the principles of the Federalist Party
Federalism is a strong main government.
- An example of federalism is when there is one strong main government for the entire United States that has a lot of power and the individual states don't have much power.
- An example of Federalism is the political party that believed in a central controlling government, and advocacy of a centralized system of government.
Federalism is defined as a system of government where there is one strong, central controlling authority, or the principles of a political party called the Federalists.
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noun
- a. A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.b. Advocacy of such a system of government.
- Federalism The doctrine of the Federalist Party.
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federalism - Legal Definition
n
Generally, the allocation of
authority and responsibility to the different levels of government in a federal
system.
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Sentence Examples
- It is sometimes said that Federalism died because the Republicans took over its principles of nationality.
- In 1859 he returned to Italy, where he opposed Cavour, and upheld federalism against the policy of a single Italian monarchy.
- To this reaction Hamilton explicitly appealed in the convention of 1787; and of this reaction various features of the constitution, and Hamiltonian federalism generally, were direct fruits.
- After years of strife, they turned to federalism as a solution.
- His faith in Federalism was weakened by the party's opposition to the War of 1812, and he gradually became associated with the Jacksonian wing of the Republican party.
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WORDS NEAR federalism IN THE DICTIONARY
- federalism
- federalisms
- federalist
- Federalist Party