federalism

English

Alternative forms

fœderalism (archaic)

Etymology

From French fédéralisme, equivalent to federal +‎ -ism.

Noun

federalism (countable and uncountable, plural federalisms)

A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government.
(theology) Covenantalism.

Synonyms

(belief in the superiority of wide regional autonomy): regionalism, provincialism, statism

Derived terms

anti-federalism
cooperative federalism
dual federalism
federalist
layer cake federalism
marble cake federalism

Translations

system of government

Burmese: ဖက်ဒရယ်ပြည်ထောင်စုစနစ် (hpakda.rai-pranyhtaungcu.ca.nac)
Catalan: federalisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聯邦制／联邦制 (zh) (liánbāngzhì), 聯邦主義／联邦主义 (liánbāngzhǔyì)
Dutch: federalisme (nl) m
Finnish: federalismi (fi)
French: fédéralisme (fr) m
Georgian: ფედერალიზმი (pederalizmi)
German: Föderalismus (de) m
Ido: federalismo (io)
Indonesian: federalisme (id), perserikatan (id)
Irish: cónaidhmeacht f
Japanese: 連邦主義 (れんぽうしゅぎ, renpōshugi)
Kannada: ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ (kn) (saṃyukta vyavasthe)
Kapampangan: pederalismu
Kazakh: федерализм (federalizm)
Korean: 연방주의(聯邦主義) (yeonbangjuui)
Portuguese: federalismo (pt) m
Romanian: federalism (ro) n
Russian: федерали́зм (ru) m (federalízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: федералѝзам m
Roman: federalìzam (sh) m
Spanish: federalismo (es) m
Tagalog: pederalismo

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Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} feidearálachas m (principle)

Romanian

Etymology

From French fédéralisme.

Noun

federalism n (uncountable)

federalism

Declension

declension of federalism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) federalism	federalismul
genitive/dative	(unui) federalism	federalismului
vocative	federalismule